Connection
Edna Purviance is a Actor American born on 19 october 1895 at Paradise Valley (USA)
Edna Purviance (/ˈɛdnə pərˈvaɪəns/; October 21, 1895 – January 11, 1958) was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him.
Source : Wikidata
Edna Purviance
Birth name Olga Edna Purviance
Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1895 at Paradise Valley (USA)
Death 11 january 1958 (at 62 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1895 at Paradise Valley (USA)
Death 11 january 1958 (at 62 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Although she was romantically involved with Charlie Chaplin for several years, Purviance eventually married John Squire, a Pan-American Airlines pilot, in 1938. They remained married until his death in 1945.Usually with
Filmography of Edna Purviance (40 films)
Actress
Add to a movie list
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
, 1h59Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Sydney Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Murray
Roles Various (archive footage)
Rating76%
Limelight (1952)
, 2h17Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden
Roles Mrs. Parker (uncredited)
Rating79%
The movie is set in London in 1914, on the eve of World War I (and the year Chaplin made his first film). Calvero (Chaplin), once a famous stage clown but now a washed-up drunk, saves a young dancer, Thereza "Terry" Ambrose, (Claire Bloom), from suicide. Nursing her back to health, Calvero helps Terry regain her self-esteem and resume her dancing career. In doing so he regains his own self-confidence, but his attempts to make a comeback meet with failure. Terry says she wants to marry Calvero despite their age difference, although she has befriended Neville (Sydney Earl Chaplin), a young composer Calvero believes would be better suited to her. In order to give them a chance, Calvero leaves home and becomes a street entertainer. Terry, now starring in her own show, eventually finds Calvero and persuades him to return to the stage for a benefit concert. Reunited with an old partner (Keaton), Calvero gives a triumphant comeback performance. He suffers a heart attack during a routine, however, and dies in the wings while watching Terry, the second act on the bill, dance on stage.
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
, 2h4Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martha Raye, William Frawley, Charlie Chaplin, Isobel Elsom, Edna Purviance, Fritz Leiber
Roles Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating77%
Henri Verdoux had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off. To support his wife and child, he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows. The Couvais family becomes suspicious when Thelma Couvais draws all her money and disappears, only two weeks after marrying a man named "Varnay", whom they only know through a photograph. As Verdoux (Chaplin) prepares to sell the residence of the murdered Thelma, widowed Marie Grosnay visits the residence. Verdoux sees her as another "business" opportunity and attempts to charm her, but she refuses. In the following weeks, Verdoux has a flower girl repeatedly send Grosnay flowers. In need of money to invest, Verdoux, as M. Floray, visits widow Lydia Floray (Hoffman), who complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long. That night, Verdoux murders her for her money.
Education of a Prince (1927)
Directed by Henri Diamant-Berger
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Edna Purviance, Pierre Batcheff, Armand Bernard, Pauline Carton, Albert Préjean, Jean Dax
Roles Queen Liska of Silistriae
Rating60%
La reine de Silistrie confie son beau fils, le prince Sacha, a un viveur séduisant, Cercleux, afin qu'il fasse ses premières armes dans le monde galant. L'éducation achevée, la reine et le prince regagnent la Silistrie. Mais tous deux sont désespérés a l'idée de quitter Paris, car ils ont trouvé l'amour dans la Capitale.
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
, 1h15Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Actors Edna Purviance, Raymond Bloomer, Charles K. French, Eve Southern, Gayne Whitman
Roles Joan
Rating67%
Joan et Magdalen sont les filles d'un pêcheur. Magdalen quitte son fiancé, Peter, pour s'enfuir à New York. Joan épouse alors Peter. Magdalen revient des années plus tard pour détruire leur mariage, mais Joan et Peter restent unis jusqu'au bout.
The Pilgrim (1923)
, 59minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Mack Swain, Monta Bell
Roles Miss Brown, the Girl
Rating71%
The Pilgrim (Chaplin), an escaped convict, steals a minister's clothes to replace his prison uniform. At a train station, he encounters an eloping couple who want him to marry them. The woman's father shows up and takes her away.
, 1h18Directed by Charlie Chaplin, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Lydia Knott, Carl Miller, Charles K. French, Adolphe Menjou
Roles Marie St. Clair
Rating68%
Marie St. Clair and her beau, aspiring artist Jean Millet, plan to leave their small French village for Paris, where they will marry. On the night before their scheduled departure, Marie climbs down from her second-floor bedroom for a rendezvous with Jean. Her stepfather sees them strolling down a lane and locks her out of the house. When the couple returns, Jean furiously knocks on the front door and reminds the older man that he's locked out his daughter. The stepfather dismisses Jean's complaint and tells Marie, "Perhaps (Jean) will give you a bed for the night."
Pay Day (1922)
, 28minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Sydney Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Albert Austin
Roles Foreman's Daughter
Rating73%
Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all of the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.
The Kid (1921)
, 1h8Directed by Charlie Chaplin, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Charlie Chaplin, Carl Miller, Lita Grey, Tom Wilson
Roles The Woman
Rating81%
An unwed woman (Purviance) leaves a charity hospital carrying her newborn son. An artist (Miller), the apparent father, is shown with the woman's photograph. When it falls into the fireplace, he first picks it up, then throws it back in to burn up.
The Idle Class (1921)
, 31minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Mack Swain, Henry Bergman, Al Ernest Garcia, Lita Grey
Roles Edna the Neglected Wife
Rating71%
The "Little Tramp" (Charlie Chaplin) heads to a resort for warm weather and a bit of golf. At the golf course, the Tramp's theft of balls in play causes one golfer (Mack Swain) to mistakenly attack another (John Rand). Meanwhile, a neglected wife (Edna Purviance) leaves her wealthy husband (also played by Chaplin) until he gives up drinking. When the Tramp is later mistaken for a pickpocket, he crashes a masquerade ball to escape from a policeman. There, he is mistaken for the woman's husband. Eventually, it is all straightened out, and the Tramp is once more on his way.
A Day's Pleasure (1919)
, 25minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Tom Wilson, Babe London, Marion Feducha
Roles Mother
Rating65%
Charlie, sa femme et ses deux enfants veulent passer une journée à la mer.
Sunnyside (1919)
, 34minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Olive Ann Alcorn, Henry Bergman, Tom Terriss
Roles Village Belle
Rating65%
Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). His love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. He loves her, but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. He appears to have an eye for Edna too. Chaplin tries to win her back. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous—either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.
The Bond (1918)
, 11minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Marsh
Roles Charlie's Wife
Rating53%
The Bond est un film de propagande écrit et réalisé par Charlie Chaplin à ses frais, sorti au cinéma en 1918. Il avait pour but de soutenir les obligations de guerre américaines Liberty Bonds durant la première Guerre mondiale.
A Dog's Life (1918)
, 30minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Reisner, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman
Roles Bar Singer (uncredited)
Rating75%
Toujours errant, Charlot prend soin d'un chien blanc, lui aussi errant. L'animal le lui rend bien en chipant des saucisses et en creusant le sol où un portefeuille plein de billets a été enterré. le vagabond dépense l'argent dans un dancing mais les voleurs qui avaient précédemment caché le portefeuille comprennent qu'il l'a découvert et veulent le récupérer. Après une poursuite et des combats épiques, les voleurs sont arrêtés et Charlot peut épouser la jeune chanteuse rencontrée au dancing. Ils s'installent alors dans une ferme, veillant avec tendresse sur les chiots de l'animal qu'ils ont gardé avec eux.
Shoulder Arms (1918)
, 46minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Tom Wilson
Roles The Girl
Rating72%
Charlie is in boot camp in the "awkward squad." Once in France he gets no letters from home. He finally gets a package containing limburger cheese which requires a gas mask and which he throws over into the German trench. He goes "over the top" and captures thirteen Germans ("I surrounded them"), then volunteers to wander through the German lines disguised as a tree trunk. With the help of a French girl he captures the Kaiser and the Crown Prince and is given a statue and victory parade in New York and then ... fellow soldiers wake him from his dream.