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Who played the child in Charlie Chaplin’s film The Kid?
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Charlie Chaplin
The iconic British comedian Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp.
The child in Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 film The Kid was played by Jackie Coogan.12
Coogan’s performance in the film, which was Chaplin's first feature-length project, earned him immediate international fame and established him as the film industry's first major child superstar. Beyond his early success, Coogan is also remembered for his later career, including his role as Uncle Fester in the television series The Addams Family, and for the "Coogan Law," which was enacted in California to protect the earnings of child actors.12