Cast & creator
Edna Purviance
Best known for The Kid, Limelight, Monsieur Verdoux
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.
Also known as: Olga Edna Purviance, Една Перваєнс, Эдна Пурвиенс, Эдна Первиэнс, Эдна Пёрвиэнс
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1915–2021 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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The Kid
The Woman
1921
Limelight
Mrs. Parker (uncredited)
1952
Monsieur Verdoux
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
1947
A Dog's Life
Bar Singer (uncredited)
1918
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Marie St. Clair
1923
Unknown Chaplin
Self & In Out-Takes
1983
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Tramp
Farmer's Daughter
1915
Shoulder Arms
The Girl
1918
The Champion
Trainer's Daughter
1915
A Burlesque on Carmen
Carmen
1915
A Night in the Show
Lady in the Stalls with Beads
1915
The Immigrant
Immigrant
1917
The Chaplin Revue
Various (archive footage)
1959
Triple Trouble
Maid
1918
Shanghaied
Daughter of the Shipowner
1915
A Woman
Daughter of the House
1915
The Pilgrim
Miss Brown, the Girl
1923
The Bond
Charlie's Wife
1918
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020
In the Park
Nursemaid
1915
The Bank
Secretary
1915
A Night Out
The Headwaiter's Wife
1915
A Day's Pleasure
Mother
1919
The Fireman
Girl
1916
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Pay Day
Foreman's Daughter
1922
The Pawnshop
Pawnbroker's Daughter
1916
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Count
Miss Moneybags
1916
Easy Street
The Mission Worker
1917
The Rink
The Girl
1916
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
1996
Police
Daughter of the House
1916
By the Sea
Man in Top Hat's Sweetheart
1915
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Various Roles (archive footage)
1941
Behind the Screen
Aspiring Actress
1916
The Adventurer
Miss Brown - The Girl
1917
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
1998
Sunnyside
Village Belle
1919
The Cure
The Girl
1917
A Jitney Elopement
Edna
1915Charlie's Triple Trouble
Maid (archive footage)
1944
How to Make Movies
Actress(uncredited)
1918
The Idle Class
Edna the Neglected Wife
1921
The Floorwalker
Store Manager's Secretary
1916
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Carmen
1951
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self (archive footage)
2003
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Self (archive footage)
2017A Woman of the Sea
Joan
1926
Work
Maid
1915
The Vagabond
The Gypsy Drudge
1916
Chase Me Charlie
Edna Sugar-Plum
1918
Education of a Prince
Queen Liska of Silistriae
1927Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Farmer's Daughter (archive footage)
1980
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2017
The Chaplin Cavalcade
Various Roles (archive footage)
1941
Chaplin Carnival
Various Roles (archive footage)
1938