Edna Purviance

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1895-10-19 (63 years old)

Deathday

1958-01-11

Place of Birth

Paradise Valley, Nevada, USA

Edna Purviance

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edna Purviance (October 21, 1895 – January 11, 1958) was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.

Acting

1916

The Pawnshop

as Pawnbroker's Daughter

1916

The Rink

as The Girl

1916

The Count

as Miss Moneybags

1921

The Kid

as The Woman

1915

The Tramp

as Farmer's Daughter

1917

The Adventurer

as Miss Brown - The Girl

1916

The Vagabond

as The Gypsy Drudge

1923

1918

A Dog's Life

as Bar Singer (uncredited)

1921

The Idle Class

as Edna the Neglected Wife

1915

The Champion

as Trainer's Daughter

1917

Easy Street

as The Mission Worker

1917

The Immigrant

as Immigrant

1915

Work

as Maid

1915

By the Sea

as Man in Top Hat's Sweetheart

1915

A Woman

as Daughter of the House

1915

Shanghaied

as Daughter of the Shipowner

1915

A Night in the Show

as Lady in the Stalls with Beads

1916

Police

as Daughter of the House

1915

A Night Out

as The Headwaiter's Wife

1915

In the Park

as Nursemaid

1915

The Bank

as Secretary

1917

The Cure

as The Girl

1919

Sunnyside

as Village Belle

1919

1918

The Bond

as Charlie's Wife

1916

The Floorwalker

as Store Manager's Secretary

1916

Behind the Screen

as Aspiring Actress

1916

1918

Shoulder Arms

as The Girl

1922

Pay Day

as Foreman's Daughter

1918

1923

The Pilgrim

as Miss Brown, the Girl

1927

Education of a Prince

as Queen Liska of Silistriae

1952

Limelight

as Mrs. Parker (uncredited)

1996

Chaplin's Goliath

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Birth of the Tramp

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

1938

Chaplin Carnival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1980

Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

as Farmer's Daughter (archive footage)

1998

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

as Self (archive footage)

1959

The Chaplin Revue

as Various (archive footage)

1941

The Charlie Chaplin Festival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1941

The Chaplin Cavalcade

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

as Self (archive footage)

1918

Chase Me Charlie

as Edna Sugar-Plum

1944

Charlie's Triple Trouble

as Maid (archive footage)

2017

1918

How to Make Movies

as Actress(uncredited)

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