Talk:Oona O'Neill/Archives/2013

Marriage
Re the Chaplin/O'Neill marriage: Do you really want to describe the relationship as "co-dependant?" If it doesn't fit the psychological pattern of co-dependance, then the word has cast some peculiar apersions. If it does, then perhaps a line of explanation would be worth it. 71.199.114.44 15:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Birthday
Seems to be some uncertainty about her birthday? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.217.184.162 (talk) 23:15, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality
I don't know enough about this subject to add anything, but felt like some things should be removed until further references could be found. When it comes to matters of interpersonal relationships, things like "clearly co-dependent" and "clearly a paternal father figure" are not neutral. If someone decides to keep what I removed, it might be a good idea to remove the "clearlys" and if biographers have suggested these things, to cite their ideas.--Matricuria (talk) 04:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

needs some work
This article needs citations and is written from a particular POV. There is a distinct difference in tone between this autobiographical piece and this article. Mainly it sounds like a hit-piece on Charlie Chaplin, as might be done by one of his disgruntled children. Needs a facelift, bigtime... not to mention a few citations would be nice. Welcome any collaborators. Stellarkid (talk) 03:26, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Overhaul
I'm planning on rewriting this article over the summer, in case anyone is interested in joining in the effort! At the moment it's full of factual errors (in almost every sentence) and there are almost no sources listed. TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 09:44, 31 March 2013 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3

Listing children
I don't wish to start an edit war, but I think the table listing of O'Neill's children is completely unnecessary. First of all, her children are listed in the infobox, within the text and in the 'Chaplin family' listing at the bottom of the article and secondly, it looks very awkward to place a table in the middle of the text. The Charlie Chaplin page used to have a similar table before overhaul, and it was removed for the same reasons. In short, the table adds nothing to the article and only makes it harder to read.TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 17:12, 31 March 2013 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3

Deleted categories
Deleted categories 'Bermudian actor' and 'American expatriates in the United Kingdom'. First of all, O'Neill was an aspiring actor before marrying Chaplin, but apart from a two-week stint in a version of Pal Joey, she never acted in anything. In 1981, she appeared in tiny role in an indie film called Broken English, but did not pursue a career as a professional actor anymore. Therefore classifying her as a 'Bermudian actor' is misleading. As for the second category, O'Neill and Chaplin did not live in the UK for more than a couple of months in the autumn of 1952, and after that visited occasionally. 'American expatriates in the UK' is a useful category in the case of Americans who have lived in the UK for a longer period, say a couple of years., but not Uin this case. TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 12:16, 14 April 2013 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3

British citizenship
Currently, under "Marriage to Chaplin", the article records:In early January 1953, they moved to their new home, Manoir de Ban, a 36-acre estate in the rural village of Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland, and the following year, O'Neill renounced her American citizenship and became a British citizen. While birth in Bermuda does not confer right-of-abode in the colony to those without a parent qualified as having "Bermudian status" by the local government, O'Neill would have been a British citizen by virtue of her birth in Bermuda. Although, in theory, the US requires, or required, foreigners to renounce their foreign citizenships in order to receive US citizenship, it is unlikely that this requirement was pressed upon the infant daughter of US citizens. When she renounced her US citizenship, she likely did little more than apply for and receive a British passport based on her existing British citizenship. An example of another Bermudian-born child of US parents who held both British citizenship by virtue of his birth in Bermuda, and US citizenship by virtue of his American citizen parents, was Tracy Lee Housel, whose execution by the state of Georgia in 2002 caused the ire of the British Government as the Georgia authorities had not notified the British Embassy in accordance with international agreements between the US and UK.
 * If that is so, I do not recall having read about it from books about O'Neill, Chaplin or Eugene O'Neill, so it is difficult to find a source to confirm this. I do recall having seen a newspaper article, possibly from the time when she was selected as 'The Number One Debutante', that she was in fact made to choose between a British and an American citizenship – however, not as a baby, but as an 18-year-old. I will try to track this down – if you can find any more information about this issue, I would be very grateful.TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 13:51, 14 August 2013 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3