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Charlotte Perriand

Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) was a French architect and designer, born in Paris, whose tubular steel chairs of 1928 and modular wooden furniture helped define twentieth-century modern interiors.

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae (1926-2018), born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky, American actress and comedienne; played Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life; Broadway Li'l Abner; two Tony and two Emmy nominations; distinct from the British adult performer Charlie Rae.

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling, born 1946 in Sturmer, Essex, is an English actress of European art-house cinema, famous for The Night Porter, her François Ozon collaborations, and her Silver Bear and Oscar-nominated 45 Years.

Charlotte Riley

Charlotte Riley (born 1981) is an English actress from Grindon, County Durham, known for Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights (2009), May Carleton in Peaky Blinders, and films Edge of Tomorrow and In the Heart of the Sea; married to Tom Hardy.

Charlotte Ritchie

Charlotte Ritchie (born 1989) is a British actor and singer known for Oregon in Fresh Meat, Nurse Barbara in Call the Midwife, Alison in Ghosts, and Kate in You season 4; also a former All Angels member.

Charlotte Ronson

Charlotte Ronson (born c. 1977) is a London-born, New York-based fashion designer, twin sister of DJ Samantha Ronson and sister of Mark Ronson. She founded C. Ronson in 2000, relaunched it as Charlotte Ronson with Sanei International in 2005, and created the I Heart Ronson line for JCPenney.

Charlotte Salomon

Charlotte Salomon was a German-Jewish painter who created Life? or Theater? (1940–1942). This autobiographical cycle of gouache paintings was completed in exile in southern France.

Charlotte Smith

Charlotte Smith, born Charlotte Turner Smith, was an English poet and novelist whose Elegiac Sonnets, first published in 1784, led the Romantic-era revival of the sonnet.

Charlotte Spencer (actress)

Charlotte Spencer (born 1991, Harlow, Essex) is an English actress known for DI Nicki Jennings in The Gold, Esther Denham in Sanditon, Tina Fallon in Glue (BAFTA nomination), and West End roles in Mary Poppins, Oliver!, and Stephen Ward; distinct from actress Charlotte Louise Spencer of Leeds.

Charlotte Stoker

Charlotte Matilda Blake Thornley Stoker (1818-1901), Irish writer and social reformer, mother of Bram Stoker; Sligo cholera witness whose account influenced Dracula, first woman to address the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland.

Charlotte Wells

Charlotte Wells, Scottish filmmaker based in New York and NYU MBA/MFA graduate, directed the acclaimed debut feature Aftersun (2022), which won a Cannes Critics' Week Jury Prize, seven BIFAs, and a BAFTA.

Charlotte's Web (2025 TV series)

Charlotte's Web (2025) is a three-part animated HBO Max miniseries adapting E.B. White's 1952 novel, produced by Sesame Workshop with Guru Studio, showrunner Luke Matheny, director Yurie Rocha, starring Amy Adams as Charlotte and Elijah Wood as adult Wilbur, premiered October 2, 2025.

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston, born John Charles Carter, American actor and activist, Oscar winner for Ben-Hur (1959), star of The Ten Commandments and Planet of the Apes, later NRA president.

Charly

Charly (1968) is an American drama directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Cliff Robertson as a cognitively impaired man briefly made a genius by surgery, adapted from Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon; Robertson won the Best Actor Oscar.

Charly García

Charly García (Carlos Alberto García Moreno, born 1951, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, founder of Sui Generis, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros and Serú Girán, soloist from 1982, with about 280 songs, 30 studio albums, and a 2025 UBA honorary doctorate.

Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo

Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo are a Dutch happy hardcore DJ duo, formed in 1992, whose signature hit "Wonderful Days" made them one of the 1990s' most successful rave acts.

Charly na Nina

Charly na Nina is a Rwandan female RnB and pop duo, Charlotte Rulinda and Fatuma Muhoza, best known for the 2015 hit 'Indoro' and 'Owooma'.

Charlyne Yi

Charlyne Yi (Charlyne Amanda Yi, born 1986) is an American comedian, actress, writer, and musician known for audience-participation comedy, Paper Heart (2009, Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Knocked Up, House's Dr. Chi Park, and voicing Ruby in Steven Universe.

Charm (Clairo album)

Charm is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo (Claire Cottrill), self-released July 12, 2024: 11 tracks, 38 minutes, produced with Leon Michels, recorded live to analog tape, Grammy-nominated Best Alternative Music Album.

Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings (2020) is a coming-of-age drama directed by Angel Manuel Soto, starring Jahi Di'Allo Winston and Meek Mill, inspired by the documentary 12 O'Clock Boys; it won a Sundance Special Jury Prize and premiered on HBO Max October 8, 2020.

Charm Offensive (Pluribus)

"Charm Offensive" is the eighth and penultimate episode of Pluribus season 1, aired December 19, 2025 on Apple TV. Written by Jonny Gomez and directed by Melissa Bernstein; Carol Sturka spends three days with Zosia, learning about Kepler-22b and the hive's antenna.

Charmaine Sheh (佘诗曼)

Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼), born 1975, Hong Kong actress; 1997 Miss Hong Kong second runner-up; four-time TVB Best Actress (2006, 2023, 2025), known for The Queen of News' Man姐, War and Beauty, and Story of Yanxi Palace.

Charmbracelet

Charmbracelet, the 2002 eighth studio album by Mariah Carey, also her first on MonarC Music after leaving Virgin; debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, certified Platinum, with lead single Through the Rain.

Charmed

Charmed: The WB supernatural drama (1998-2006) about the Halliwell witch sisters, created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling; also the 2018-2022 CW reboot with the Vera sisters and Macy Vaughn.

Charmed (2018 TV series)

Charmed (2018 TV series) is a CW supernatural drama reboot of the 1998 series, developed by Jennie Snyder Urman; it follows Vera sister witches Macy, Mel, and Maggie in Hilltowne, ran four seasons, 72 episodes, and was cancelled in 2022.

Charmes

Charmes is a 1922 collection of 21 poems by French poet Paul Valéry, whose title plays on the Latin carmina, meaning both "poems" and "magic chants."

Charmian Carr

Charmian Carr (Charmian Anne Farnon, 1942-2016), American actress and interior designer, played Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965) at age 21, later ran Charmian Carr Designs with client Michael Jackson, and wrote Forever Liesl.

Charming (film)

Charming (2018) is an animated musical comedy directed by Ross Venokur, also known simply as Charming. Prince Philippe Charming, cursed so every woman loves him, is engaged to Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty; voiced by Valderrama, Lovato, Sia, and Lavigne; 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Charming and Countries (十国千娇)

Charming and Countries (浮世双娇传, formerly 十国千娇) is a 2020 Chinese costume drama adapted from Xifeng Jin's web novel, starring Aarif Rahman, Meng Ziyi, Li Yitong, and Wang Zhuocheng; 40 episodes, premiered September 28, 2020 on Tencent Video.

Charmooverz

Sharmoofers (شارموفرز) is an Egyptian band formed in Cairo in 2012 by Ahmed "Bob" Bahaa and Mohamed "Moe" El-Arkan, known for comedic pop blending shaabi, funk, and reggae.