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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1973 Won Oscar Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
for: Limelight (1952).
Shared with:
 Ray Rasch
Larry Russell
The film was not released in Los Angeles until 1972. Under the Academy rules at the time being, this permitted it to be eligible despite of being 20 years old.
 
1972 Won Honorary Award For the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century.
 
1948 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

 
1941 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: The Great Dictator (1940).

Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: The Great Dictator (1940).

 
1929 Won Honorary Award for: The Circus (1928).
For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.
Though nominated for best actor, the academy decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive classes and instead award him a Special Award.
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Academy Fellowship
 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1953 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1959 Won Honorary Award
 
1949 Won Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
for: Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1974 Won DGA Honorary Life Member Award
 
Film Society of Lincoln Center
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Gala Tribute
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1958 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
for: A King in New York (1957).

 
1953 Won Silver Ribbon for: Limelight (1952).
For the best foreign language film.
 
Jussi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1974 Won Jussi Best Foreign Filmmaker
for: Modern Times (1936) and The Great Dictator (1940).

 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1961 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: The Great Dictator (1940).

 
1953 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

 
1927 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: The Gold Rush (1925).

 
1925 Won Kinema Junpo Award The Best Artistic Film
for: A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923).

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 2nd place NYFCC Award Best Actor
for: Limelight (1952).

 
1940 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
for: The Great Dictator (1940).
Refused to accept the award.
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Career Golden Lion
 
Walk of Fame
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture
On 10 April 1972. At 6751 Hollywood Blvd.
 

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