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Charlie Chaplin got a 12-minute standing ovation

It came at the 1972 Oscars and was the longest in the ceremony's history

Charlie Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award in April 1972, his first Oscar ceremony in decades after leaving the United States in 1952. The audience stood and applauded for about twelve minutes, the longest standing ovation in Oscars history.

Charlie Chaplin circa 1916 colorized — Unknown photographer · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It came at the 1972 Oscars and was the longest in the ceremony's history. The figure is taken from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.