
Edna Purviance
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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.
Known for
Credits

The Kid (1921)
as The Woman

Limelight (1952)
as Mrs. Parker (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

A Dog's Life (1918)
as Bar Singer (uncredited)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
as Marie St. Clair

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

The Tramp (1915)
as Farmer's Daughter

Shoulder Arms (1918)
as The Girl

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
as Carmen

Triple Trouble (1918)
as Maid

The Champion (1915)
as Trainer's Daughter

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Pay Day (1922)
as Foreman's Daughter

A Woman (1915)
as Daughter of the House

The Pilgrim (1923)
as Miss Brown, the Girl

The Chaplin Revue (1959)
as Various (archive footage)

The Bond (1918)
as Charlie's Wife

Shanghaied (1915)
as Daughter of the Shipowner

The Immigrant (1917)
as Immigrant

A Night in the Show (1915)
as Lady in the Stalls with Beads

A Night Out (1915)
as The Headwaiter's Wife

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

Birth of the Tramp (2013)
as Self (archive footage)

The Bank (1915)
as Secretary

The Count (1916)
as Miss Moneybags

Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
as Self (archive footage)

The Rink (1916)
as The Girl

In the Park (1915)
as Nursemaid

A Day's Pleasure (1919)
as Mother

The Idle Class (1921)
as Edna the Neglected Wife

Behind the Screen (1916)
as Aspiring Actress

Easy Street (1917)
as The Mission Worker

The Fireman (1916)
as Girl

Police (1916)
as Daughter of the House

The Pawnshop (1916)
as Pawnbroker's Daughter

The Adventurer (1917)
as Miss Brown - The Girl

By the Sea (1915)
as Man in Top Hat's Sweetheart
Charlie's Triple Trouble (1944)
as Maid (archive footage)

The Cure (1917)
as The Girl

The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)
as Various Roles (archive footage)

Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
as Joan

Chase Me Charlie (1918)
as Edna Sugar-Plum

Sunnyside (1919)
as Village Belle

How to Make Movies (1918)
as Actress(uncredited)

A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen" (1951)
as Carmen

Chaplin Today: The Kid (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

The Vagabond (1916)
as The Gypsy Drudge

The Floorwalker (1916)
as Store Manager's Secretary

A Jitney Elopement (1915)
as Edna

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Work (1915)
as Maid
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980)
as Farmer's Daughter (archive footage)

The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2 (2017)
Actor

Education of a Prince (1927)
as Queen Liska of Silistriae

The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)
as Various Roles (archive footage)

Chaplin Carnival (1938)
as Various Roles (archive footage)





