Edna Purviance
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.497 |
| Birthday | 1895-10-19 |
| Place of Birth | Paradise Valley, Nevada, USA |
| Also Known As | Olga Edna Purviance, Една Перваєнс, |
1916
The Rink
6.6/124
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
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The Rink
1916
The Pawnshop
6.6/103
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter,...
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The Pawnshop
1916
The Count
6.203/79
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the...
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The Count
1921
The Kid
8.172/2095
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
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The Kid
1915
The Tramp
6.48/125
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he dis...
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The Tramp
1917
The Adventurer
6.9/134
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a...
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The Adventurer
1916
The Vagabond
6.672/125
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
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The Vagabond
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
6.73/161
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the c...
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1918
A Dog's Life
7.342/320
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
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A Dog's Life
1921
The Idle Class
6.652/102
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
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The Idle Class
1915
The Champion
6.5/99
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take...
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The Champion
1917
Easy Street
7.06/168
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of t...
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Easy Street
1917
The Immigrant
7.261/282
An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
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The Immigrant
1915
A Jitney Elopement
5.717/53
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Cha...
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A Jitney Elopement
1915
By the Sea
5.403/72
It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice...
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By the Sea
1915
Shanghaied
5.888/58
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed...
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Shanghaied
1915
A Night in the Show
6.151/86
Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady int...
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A Night in the Show
1915
In the Park
5.301/68
A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, bu...
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In the Park
1915
A Woman
5.968/63
Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charli...
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A Woman
1916
Police
6.247/73
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
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Police
1915
Work
5.837/92
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...
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Work
1915
A Night Out
5.723/65
After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with th...
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A Night Out
1915
A Burlesque on Carmen
5.849/73
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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A Burlesque on Carmen
1915
The Bank
6.286/63
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
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The Bank
1918
Triple Trouble
4.8/44
As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the re...
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Triple Trouble
1916
The Floorwalker
6.356/101
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's sa...
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The Floorwalker
1922
Pay Day
7/140
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
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Pay Day
1917
The Cure
6.806/129
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
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The Cure
1916
The Fireman
6.223/103
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
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The Fireman
1916
Behind the Screen
6.424/86
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Thing...
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Behind the Screen
1918
The Bond
5/45
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The...
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The Bond
1919
Sunnyside
6.438/89
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
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Sunnyside
1918
Shoulder Arms
6.79/176
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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Shoulder Arms
1919
A Day's Pleasure
6.118/102
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
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A Day's Pleasure
1923
The Pilgrim
6.9/133
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
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The Pilgrim
1927
Education of a Prince
0/0
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Education of a Prince
1926
A Woman of the Sea
6/1
Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry. Magdalen's re...
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A Woman of the Sea
1952
Limelight
7.915/520
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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Limelight
2013
Birth of the Tramp
7.1/17
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the...
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Birth of the Tramp
1996
Chaplin's Goliath
6.5/8
A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.
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Chaplin's Goliath
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
5.5/2
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
7.7/417
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his wo...
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Monsieur Verdoux
1938
Charlie Chaplin Carnival
0/0
Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: Behind the Screen, The Count, The Fireman, and The Vagabond, presented with music and sound effects.
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Charlie Chaplin Carnival
1980
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
0/0
Joel Grey dresses up as Charlie Chaplin to tell the story of his movie career, and show many of his clips.
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Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
0/0
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1959
The Chaplin Revue
7.4/31
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin pro...
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The Chaplin Revue
1941
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
6.5/2
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music and sound effects.
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The Charlie Chaplin Festival
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9/4
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines t...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
1941
The Chaplin Cavalcade
8/3
Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: One A.M., The Rink, The Pawnshop, and The Floorwalker, presented with music and sound effects.
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The Chaplin Cavalcade
2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
5.7/10
This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
1918
Chase Me Charlie
6/2
Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made for the Essanay Company, including The Tramp, Shan...
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Chase Me Charlie
1944
Charlie's Triple Trouble
0/0
British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)
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Charlie's Triple Trouble
1951
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
10/1
Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
2017
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
0/0
Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.
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