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Mildred Harris
(same as Mildred Harris Chaplin)

Born 29 November 1901 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, as Mildred Leontine Anna Harris.
Died 20 July 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA, of pneumonia.

Married actor Charles Chaplin, 23 October 1918; divorced, 4 April 1921;
son, Norman Spencer Chaplin, born July 7, 1919 (died three days later).
Married Eldridge Terrence McGovern, 1924; divorced 1930; one child.
Married William Peter Fleckenstein, 10 March 1934; until Mildred’s death, 20 July 1944.

Mildred Harris is infamous as the 16-year-old child bride of Charles Chaplin. But she had her own moderately successful film career, and continued to work in motion pictures until her death.

References: Website-IMDb.