Cast: Edna Purviance

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edna Purviance. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Kid

1921 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Jackie Coogan · Edna Purviance · Carl Miller

Plot 'The Kid' is the story of a child abandoned in a limousine by his unwed mother (Edna Purviance). When The Little Tramp finds him, he tries unsuccessfully to find a...

Max

8.4

32K votes

8.4

32K votes

A Dog's Life

1918 · Movie · 40 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Syd Chaplin · Henry Bergman

Plot The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

The Immigrant (S)

1917 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell · Albert Austin

Plot Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Max

7.5

3K votes

7.5

3K votes

Shoulder Arms

1918 · Movie · 36 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Syd Chaplin · Jack Wilson

Plot Charlie is in boot camp in the "awkward squad." in the IWW. Once in France he gets no letters from home. He finally gets a package containing limburger cheese which...

Max

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Pay Day (S)

1922 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Phyllis Allen · Mack Swain · Edna Purviance

Plot Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he...

Max

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

The Pilgrim

1923 · Movie · 47 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Kitty Bradbury · Syd Chaplin

Plot Chaplin plays an escaped convict who steals clothes to get rid of this prison uniform. He ends up in a small town mistaken for someone else. Not quite a feature...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Edna Purviance · Carl Miller · Adolphe Menjou · Lydia Knott

Plot Marie St. Clair (Edna Purviance), a simple girl living in a small French town, plans to elope with her lover, artist Jean Millet (Carl Miller), even though her suspicious stepfather...

Max

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

Easy Street (S)

1917 · Movie · 24 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell

Plot When Charlie the Tramp wanders into a mission he is smitten by Edna and puts back the collection box which he has taken. Reformed, he becomes a policeman and is...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

The Chaplin Revue

1959 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Albert Austin · Henry Bergman · Syd Chaplin

Plot Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small...

7.2

147 votes

7.2

147 votes

The Adventurer

1917 · Movie · 31 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell · Henry Bergman

Plot The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.

7.1

688 votes

7.1

688 votes

The Cure

1917 · Movie · 31 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell · Henry Bergman

Plot An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly through the establishment into chaos.

7.1

733 votes

7.1

733 votes

The Idle Class

1921 · Movie · 32 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Mack Swain · Henry Bergman

Plot A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the...

Max

7.0

626 votes

7.0

626 votes

The Rink (S)

1916 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · James T. Kelley · Eric Campbell

Plot After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating. Mr. Stout makes advances toward the unwilling Edna (whose father and Mrs. Stout had earlier...

Max

7.0

608 votes

7.0

608 votes

The Pawnshop

1916 · Movie · 32 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Henry Bergman · Edna Purviance · John Rand

Plot Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar....

7.0

615 votes

7.0

615 votes

The Champion

1915 · Movie · 33 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Ernest Van Pelt · Lloyd Bacon

Plot 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 a beating." After watching...

6.9

950 votes

6.9

950 votes

The Tramp

1915 · Movie · 31 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Ernest Van Pelt · Paddy McGuire

Plot Charlie is a tramp on the road. A hobo manages to exchange Charlie's sandwich for a brick so Charlie must eat grass. The same hobo molests a farmer's daughter; Charlie...

6.7

610 votes

6.7

610 votes

A Day's Pleasure

1919 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Jackie Coogan

Plot Father takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat. As the boat is...

Max

6.7

723 votes

6.7

723 votes

The Vagabond

1916 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Eric Campbell · Leo White

Plot After passing the hat and taking the donations intended for German street musicians Charlie heads for the country. Here he finds and rescues a girl from a band of gypsies....

6.7

579 votes

6.7

579 votes

Behind the Screen (S)

1916 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Eric Campbell · Edna Purviance · Albert Austin

Plot Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.

6.7

490 votes

6.7

490 votes

The Bank (S)

1915 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Edna Purviance · Carl Stockdale · Charles Inslee

Plot Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her...

6.6

395 votes

6.6

395 votes