---
name: "Edna Purviance"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edna-purviance"
fi1m_id: "edna-purviance"
imdb_id: "nm0701012"
tmdb_id: 21301
wikidata_id: "Q235313"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 October 1895"
died: "11 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:26:50.682176+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edna Purviance

## Identity

Edna Purviance

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edna-purviance
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edna-purviance
- **IMDb ID:** nm0701012
- **TMDB ID:** 21301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q235313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Purviance, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21301

Actor. Born 19 October 1895 in Paradise Valley, Nevada, USA. Died 11 January 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 October 1895, Paradise Valley, Nevada, USA
- **Died:** 11 January 1958
- **Also known as:** Olga Edna Purviance, Една Перваєнс, Эдна Пурвиенс, Эдна Первиэнс, Эдна Пёрвиэнс, Эдна Пурвиэнс
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Purviance, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21301

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Kid*](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md) (84)

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## Biography

Edna Purviance was an American actress of the silent film era. She worked as a stenographer in San Francisco before being cast by Charlie Chaplin in 1915.

She appeared as his leading lady in more than thirty films between 1915 and 1923, including *The Immigrant* (1917), *Easy Street* (1917), *Shoulder Arms* (1918), *The Kid* (1921), *Pay Day* (1922) and *A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate* (1923).

Her final screen appearances were uncredited roles in Chaplin's *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947) and *Limelight* (1952). She was married to John Squire from 1938 until his death in 1945.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Kid* (1921), Fi1m 84, as The Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2* (2017), Actor
- *Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp* (1980), as Farmer's Daughter (archive footage)
- *The Chaplin Revue* (1959), as Various (archive footage)
- *Limelight* (1952), as Mrs. Parker (uncredited)
- *A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"* (1951), as Carmen
- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Garden Party Guest (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md)
- *Charlie's Triple Trouble* (1944), as Maid (archive footage)
- *The Chaplin Cavalcade* (1941), as Various Roles (archive footage)
- *The Charlie Chaplin Festival* (1941), as Various Roles (archive footage)
- *Chaplin Carnival* (1938), as Various Roles (archive footage)
- *Education of a Prince* (1927), as Queen Liska of Silistriae
- *A Woman of the Sea* (1926), as Joan
- *A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate* (1923), as Marie St. Clair
- *The Pilgrim* (1923), as Miss Brown, the Girl
- *Pay Day* (1922), as Foreman's Daughter
- *The Idle Class* (1921), as Edna the Neglected Wife
- *The Kid* (1921), as The Woman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md)
- *A Day's Pleasure* (1919), as Mother
- *Sunnyside* (1919), as Village Belle
- *Shoulder Arms* (1918), as The Girl
- *The Bond* (1918), as Charlie's Wife
- *Triple Trouble* (1918), as Maid
- *A Dog's Life* (1918), as Bar Singer (uncredited)
- *Chase Me Charlie* (1918), as Edna Sugar-Plum
- *How to Make Movies* (1918), as Actress(uncredited)
- *The Adventurer* (1917), as Miss Brown - The Girl
- *The Immigrant* (1917), as Immigrant
- *The Cure* (1917), as The Girl
- *Easy Street* (1917), as The Mission Worker
- *The Rink* (1916), as The Girl
- *Behind the Screen* (1916), as Aspiring Actress
- *The Pawnshop* (1916), as Pawnbroker's Daughter
- *The Count* (1916), as Miss Moneybags
- *The Vagabond* (1916), as The Gypsy Drudge
- *The Fireman* (1916), as Girl
- *Police* (1916), as Daughter of the House
- *The Floorwalker* (1916), as Store Manager's Secretary
- *A Burlesque on Carmen* (1915), as Carmen
- *A Night in the Show* (1915), as Lady in the Stalls with Beads
- *Shanghaied* (1915), as Daughter of the Shipowner
- *The Bank* (1915), as Secretary
- *A Woman* (1915), as Daughter of the House
- *Work* (1915), as Maid
- *By the Sea* (1915), as Man in Top Hat's Sweetheart
- *The Tramp* (1915), as Farmer's Daughter
- *A Jitney Elopement* (1915), as Edna
- *In the Park* (1915), as Nursemaid
- *The Champion* (1915), as Trainer's Daughter
- *A Night Out* (1915), as The Headwaiter's Wife

## Gallery

- ![Edna Purviance](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-a6c89474f9f0.jpg) Edna Purviance — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Edna_Purviance%2C_silent_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8372%29_B%26W.jpg/1280px-Edna_Purviance%2C_silent_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8372%29_B%26W.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American comedy film A Dog's Life (1918) with Edna Purviance and Charlie Chaplin, on page 22 of the April 13, 1918 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-db091d6ddae1.jpg) Still from the American comedy film A Dog's Life (1918) with Edna Purviance and Charlie Chaplin, on page 22 of the April 13, 1918 Exhibitors Herald. — First National Pictures Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/A_Dog%27s_Life_%281918%29_-_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Edna Purviance in still from A Woman in Paris (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-025c3037f6f9.jpg) Edna Purviance in still from A Woman in Paris (1923) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/A_Woman_in_Paris_%E2%80%93_Edna_Purviance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Advertisement for the American film A Woman of Paris (1923), from the front advertising section of the December 29, 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review.](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-305be564d69e.jpg) Advertisement for the American film A Woman of Paris (1923), from the front advertising section of the December 29, 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review. — Charles Chaplin Productions / United Artists, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/A_Woman_of_Paris_%281923%29_-_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Edna Purviance](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-e0b0ff97d0b1.jpg) Edna Purviance — Image via TMDB
- ![Edna Purviance](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-0f9b8bf20697.jpg) Edna Purviance — Image via TMDB
- ![Edna Purviance](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-dcc755ae4a37.jpg) Edna Purviance — Image via TMDB
- ![Lobby card for the American film A Woman of Paris (1923) with Carl Miller and Edna Purviance.](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-d27381d98a56.jpg) Lobby card for the American film A Woman of Paris (1923) with Carl Miller and Edna Purviance. — Charles Chaplin Productions / United Artists, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/A_Woman_of_Paris_-_Edna_Purviance_and_Carl_Miller.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Edna Purviance](https://film.one/media/person/105195/gallery-6f39f4ccf231.jpg) Edna Purviance — Hartsook studio, Los Angeles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Edna_Purviance%2C_Hartsook_studio.jpg/1280px-Edna_Purviance%2C_Hartsook_studio.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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