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Olga Edna Purviance was an American actress of the silent film 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.
Birth Name
Olga Edna Purviance
Born
Monday, 21 October 1895
Died
Saturday, 11 January 1958
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Real Charlie Chaplin | (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté | Self | 2020 |
| The Birth of the Tramp | Self / Herself | 2013 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Various Roles | 2003 |
| Chaplin Today: The Kid | Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Chaplin's Goliath | Self / Herself | 1996 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Unknown Chaplin | Self & In Out-Takes / In Out-Takes | 1983 |
| Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp | Actress in 'The Tramp' / Farmer's Daughter (archive footage) | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Real Charlie Chaplin | (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté | Self | 2020 |
| The Birth of the Tramp | Self / Herself | 2013 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Various Roles | 2003 |
| Chaplin Today: The Kid | Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Chaplin's Goliath | Self / Herself | 1996 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Unknown Chaplin | Self & In Out-Takes / In Out-Takes | 1983 |
| Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp | Actress in 'The Tramp' / Farmer's Daughter (archive footage) | 1980 |
| Chaplin's Art of Comedy | (archive footage) | 1968 |
| The Funniest Man in the World | Self | 1967 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Pawnbroker's Daughter (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) | 1963 |
| Charlie gegen ALLE | Farmer's Daughter / Stenographer / Maid / Trainer's Daughter | 1963 |
| 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) | 1963 |
| Days Of Thrills & Laughter | archive footage | 1961 |
| Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self | 1961 |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | Actress 'The Pawnshop' | 1961 |
| The Chaplin Revue | Various (archive footage) / Various | 1959 |
| Limelight | Mrs. Parker | 1952 |
| Monsieur Verdoux | Garden Party Guest | 1947 |
| The Chaplin Cavalcade | Various roles | 1941 |
| The Charlie Chaplin Festival | Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1941 |
| Charlie Chaplin Carnival | Various roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1938 |
| A Woman of the Sea | Joan | 1926 |
| A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Marie St. Clair | 1923 |
| The Pilgrim | The Girl / Miss Brown | 1923 |
| Pay Day | Foreman's Daughter | 1922 |
| The Idle Class | Edna, Neglected Wife / Edna the Neglected Wife | 1921 |
| The Kid | The Woman | 1921 |
| A Day's Pleasure | Mother | 1919 |
| Sunnyside | Village Belle | 1919 |
| Shoulder Arms | The Girl | 1918 |
| The Bond | Charlie's Wife / Liberty | 1918 |
| Triple Trouble | Maid | 1918 |
| A Dog's Life | Bar Singer | 1918 |
| Chase Me Charlie | Edna Sugar-Plum | 1918 |
| How to Make Movies | Actress | 1918 |
| The Adventurer | The Girl / Miss Brown - The Girl | 1917 |
| The Immigrant | Immigrant | 1917 |
| The Cure | The Girl | 1917 |
| Easy Street | The Mission Worker | 1917 |
| The Rink | The Girl | 1916 |
| Behind the Screen | The Girl / Aspiring Actress | 1916 |
| The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 | The Farmer's Daughter / Her Sister | 1916 |
| The Pawnshop | Pawnbroker's Daughter | 1916 |
| The Count | Miss Moneybags | 1916 |
| The Vagabond | Gypsy drudge / Girl Stolen by Gypsies | 1916 |
| The Fireman | Girl | 1916 |
| The Floorwalker | Secretary / Store Manager's Secretary | 1916 |
| Police | The Girl / Daughter of the House | 1916 |
| Charlie's Life | Various | 1916 |
| A Night in the Show | Lady in the Stalls with Beads | 1915 |
| Shanghaied | Daughter of the Shipowner | 1915 |
| The Bank | Stenographer / Secretary | 1915 |
| A Woman | Daughter of the House | 1915 |
| Work | Maid | 1915 |
| By the Sea | Wife of Man in Top Hat / Man in Top Hat's Sweetheart | 1915 |
| The Tramp | Farmer's Daughter | 1915 |
| A Jitney Elopement | Edna | 1915 |
| In the Park | Nursemaid | 1915 |
| The Champion | Trainer's Daughter | 1915 |
| A Night Out | The Headwaiter's Wife / Headwaiter's Wife | 1915 |
