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Chaplin always spoke affectionately of Purviance
- Chaplin responded to an interviewer after her death. "She was with me when it all began." In her posthumously published memoir, actress Georgia Hale, who played opposite Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925), reported that Chaplin always spoke affectionately of Purviance.
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Purviance appeared in 33 of Chaplin's productions, including the 1921 The Kid. Her last credited appearance in a Chaplin film, A Woman of Paris, was also her first leading role. The film was not a success and effectively ended Purviance's career.
Apr 23, 2024 · After rejecting several chorus girls, Chaplin arranged a meeting with Purviance, who was working as a secretary and had become involved in San Francisco’s bohemian life. A Night Out (1915), made soon after that meeting, was the first collaboration of Purviance and Chaplin.
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First was Edna Purviance, who had been his ideal partner in more than 35 films. Now, though, he felt that Edna was growing too mature for comedy, and decided to make a film that would launch her on a new career as a dramatic actress. Chaplin and Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Catalina Island, 1922.
First published book about Edna Purviance's lost film The Sea Gull and working on second book about Edna, featuring her life and family, and years with Charlie Chaplin. A look at Edna Purviance, silent movie star and leading lady for 34 Charlie Chaplin films from 1915-1923.
How did Charlie Chaplin become aware of Edna Purviance? No one knows for sure! But, here's a wonderful bit of chance and speculation... Chaplin might have seen Edna's picture in the newspaper!
One of Chaplin's reasons for producing the film was to help Purviance gain recognition as an actress without Chaplin at her side. Others were because he wanted to stay behind the camera and to make his first real drama.
The Edna Purviance website is dedicated to Chaplin’s leading lady between 1915-1923. The website explores her birth home in Paradise Valley, Nevada and her life. Edna Purviance portrait.
