Portrait of Edna Purviance

Acting

Edna Purviance

Career

Active from 1915 to 1980, with a break from 1960 to 1979, busiest in 1915 with 12 main titles.

Leading roles
37
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Kid
The Kid
GoodWatch score92/100

Characters

1

The characters Edna Purviance played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edna Purviance Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.6, average 5.5
  • Mystery
    1.9, average 3.9
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 11
  • Physical Humor 8
  • Slapstick Humor 7
  • Physical Comedy 6
  • Classic Film 5
  • Silent Comedy 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Silent Film 5
  • Slapstick Comedy 5
  • Charlie Chaplin 4
  • Silent Era Comedy 4
  • Social Commentary 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980)

as Farmer's Daughter (archive footage)

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 78
The Chaplin Revue
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
GoodWatch score 75

as Various (archive footage)

Limelight
Limelight (1952)
GoodWatch score 82

as Mrs. Parker (uncredited)

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

as Carmen

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 80
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
GoodWatch score 88

as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Charlie's Triple Trouble
Charlie's Triple Trouble (1944)

as Maid (archive footage)

The Chaplin Cavalcade
The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)
GoodWatch score 78

as Various Roles (archive footage)

The Charlie Chaplin Festival
The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)
GoodWatch score 74

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1930s

1 title ยท average score 69
Chaplin Carnival
Chaplin Carnival (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1920s

7 titles ยท average score 78
Education of a Prince
Education of a Prince (1927)

as Queen Liska of Silistriae

A Woman of the Sea
A Woman of the Sea (1926)

as Joan

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
GoodWatch score 70

as Marie St. Clair

The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim (1923)
GoodWatch score 72

as Miss Brown, the Girl

Pay Day
Pay Day (1922)
GoodWatch score 72

as Foreman's Daughter

The Kid
The Kid (1921)
GoodWatch score 92

as The Woman

The Idle Class
The Idle Class (1921)
GoodWatch score 86

as Edna the Neglected Wife

1910s

32 titles ยท average score 63
A Day's Pleasure
A Day's Pleasure (1919)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mother

Shoulder Arms
Shoulder Arms (1918)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Girl

The Bond
The Bond (1918)
GoodWatch score 50

as Charlie's Wife

Triple Trouble
Triple Trouble (1918)
GoodWatch score 39

as Maid

The Immigrant
The Immigrant (1917)
GoodWatch score 77

as Immigrant

Shanghaied
Shanghaied (1915)
GoodWatch score 60

as Daughter of the Shipowner

A Woman
A Woman (1915)
GoodWatch score 62

as Daughter of the House

A Burlesque on Carmen
A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
GoodWatch score 60

as Carmen

The Tramp
The Tramp (1915)
GoodWatch score 67

as Farmer's Daughter

The Champion
The Champion (1915)
GoodWatch score 66

as Trainer's Daughter

The Bank
The Bank (1915)
GoodWatch score 63

as Secretary

A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show (1915)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lady in the Stalls with Beads