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Edna Purviance began working as a stenographer in San Francisco. Charlie Chaplin invited her to join him at Essanay Studio in 1915, the year of her film debut in Chaplin`s "His Night Out". Over the next seven years she appeared as his leading lady in over 20 Chaplin films made by Essanay, Mutual, and First National, including such classics as "The Tramp", "The Immigrant", "Easy Street", "The Kid", and "The Idle Class". As a repayment for years of work with him, Chaplin intended real stardom for her with "A Woman of Paris" (1923). The movie was a commercial failure though it advanced the career of Adolph Menjou. She remained on Chaplin`s payroll until her death, her last two appearances being non-speaking extra parts in his "Monsieur Verdoux" and "Limelight".
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Quotes Mr. Chaplin asked me if I would like to act in pictures with him. I laughed at the idea, but agreed to try it. I guess he took me because I had nothing to unlearn and he could teach me in his own way. I want to tell you that I suffered untold agonies. Eyes seemed to be everywhere. I was simply frightened to death. But he had unlimited patience in directing me and teaching me.Trivia Was Charles Chaplin`s female lead for more films than any other actress in Chaplin`s career. Interred at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA, in the West Mausoleum. After Edna`s retirement in 1926, Chaplin continued to keep her on his payroll for decades, showing her much more concern and consideration than he did to any of his former wives. Her relationship with Chaplin became, at one point, romantic as well as professional (1915-1917). However, it was abruptly over after he was forced into a shotgun wedding with teenager Mildred Harris. Nevertheless, she continued to be his leading lady. Her sweet, girlish counterbalance to his rambunctious antics, had become a marketable commodity. It was speculated that if they had married, Chaplin could have been spared much of the later domestic troubles and scandals that would later plague him in his life. Is portrayed by Penelope Ann Miller in Chaplin (1992) According to a 1920 census, she was neighbors with William Desmond Taylor around the time of his murder. Douglas MacLean and his wife were living nearby as well. | ||
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