Chaplin and Edna Purviance, his frequent leading lady, in Work ( 1915 film ) | Work ( 1915 )

In San Francisco he recruited a leading lady — Edna Purviance.

Chaplin intended it as a star-making vehicle for Edna Purviance, and did not appear in the picture himself other than in a brief, uncredited cameo.

* Work ( 1915 film ), a 1915 silent film co-starring Edna Purviance

* October 21 – Edna Purviance, American actress ( d. 1958 )

It also stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.

* Edna Purviance, actress

There are references to some of his many romantic episodes ( including Hetty Kelly, Mildred Harris, Georgia Hale, Marion Davies, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard, Joan Barry and Oona O ' Neill ), his professional collaboration with Mack Sennett and friendship with Douglas Fairbanks.

* Penelope Ann Miller as Edna Purviance, a young Hollywood actress

* January 11 – Edna Purviance, actress

Chaplin's stock company at Essanay included Ben Turpin, who disliked working with the meticulous Chaplin and only appeared with him in a couple of films ; ingenue Edna Purviance, who became his off-screen sweetheart as well ; Leo White, almost always playing a fussy continental villain ; and all-purpose authority figures Bud Jamison and John Rand.

Edna Purviance ( October 21, 1895-January 11, 1958 ) was an American actress during the silent movie era.

Edna Purviance ( pronounced Purr-VYE-ance ) was born in Paradise Valley, Nevada, to Louis and Madison Gates Purviance.

In 1915 Edna Purviance was working as a secretary in San Francisco, when Chaplin was working on his second film with Essanay Studios, working out of Niles, California, one hour southeast of San Francisco.

Edna Purviance in The Adventurer ( 1917 )

Edna Purviance in The Pawnshop ( 1916 )

The film also stars Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, and Leo White.

Rumors have persisted that Chaplin's 1915-1923 leading lady Edna Purviance made an

Edna Purviance plays the lead as Marie St. Clair.

Despite this attempt, Edna Purviance was never able to achieve the level of success that she had in films with Chaplin's Tramp at her side.

She subsequently appeared in a number of other theatrical movies, notably as Edna Purviance in Chaplin in 1992 and with Al Pacino in Carlito's Way in 1993.

At the time Dines was romantically involved with Normand's friend ( and frequent Chaplin co-star ) Edna Purviance.

Chaplin also commissioned him to write and direct A Woman of the Sea ( also known as The Sea Gull ), starring his former star and lover Edna Purviance, but this film was later destroyed by Chaplin.

Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance.

Orton created the alter ego Edna Welthorpe, an elderly theatre snob, whom he would later revive to stir controversy over his plays.

* Edna Welthorpe was a prudish middle-aged housewife who was strongly opposed to her creator Joe Orton's plays.

Although Humphries freely states that Edna is a character he plays, Edna refers to Humphries as her " entrepreneur " or manager.

In the 2002 motion picture Nicholas Nickleby Dame Edna plays the role of Mrs. Crummles, an actress and wife of the manager of a provincial theatre company.

The plot looks forward to the stories of Eudora Welty and Flannery O ' Connor and the plays of William Inge, while Edna Pontellier's emotional crises and her eventual tragic fall look ahead to the complex female characters of Tennessee Williams's plays.

Between 1967 and 1969 he directed various ITV productions including plays by Alun Owen ( Shelter, George ’ s Room, Stella, Thief, Gareth ), Edna O ’ Brien ( Which Of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?

Bea's stand-in ( actress Edna Laird ) then plays Kate " full back " to the camera, with Bea again providing only her voice.

Some of the best remembered plays broadcast in the strand include Edna, the Inebriate Woman ( 1971 ), The Foxtrot ( 1971 ), Home ( 1972 ), Bar Mitzvah Boy ( 1976 ), Abigail's Party ( 1977 ), Blue Remembered Hills ( 1979 ) and Just a Boys ' Game ( 1979 ).

Possibly the best known of this type of character is Dame Edna Everage whose name plays on two meanings of dame: this tradition and the title equivalent to Sir.

When the wedding is held at Springfield Elementary's gymnasium, Edna learns that Skinner does not want to marry her, and runs away from the ceremony as Skinner tries to catch up with her while Nelson plays a prank on her.

Spirited tomboy Jo ( Katharine Hepburn ), who caters to the whims of their well-to-do Aunt March ( Edna May Oliver ), dreams of becoming a famous author and writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children.

Edna Purviance plays the owner's daughter, while Albert Austin appears as an alarm clock owner who watches Chaplin in dismay as he dismantles the clock ; the massive Eric Campbell's character attempts to rob the shop.

Edna Purviance plays a minor role as a secretary to store manager, Eric Campbell.

Edna Purviance plays one of the wives in whom he shows interest.

Edna Purviance plays the girl living in the home who tries to change him.

Edna Purviance plays a dance hall singer and Charlie Chaplin, The Tramp.

Edna Purviance plays the secretary on whom Charlie has a crush and dreams that she has fallen in love with him.