Edna Purviance (1895 - 1958)

American actress, leading lady in Charles Chaplin's early films

* October 21, 1895 Paradise, Nevada, USA
 as Olga Edna Purviance
 January 11, 1958 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 11, 4 May 1922
Photoplay, January 1929
Photoplay, February 1936


Books with substantial mentioning of Edna Purviance

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Books with an entry on Edna Purviance

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Edna Purviance

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Articles with substantial mentioning of Edna Purviance

Robert M. Hammond & Charles Ford, French End Games, in: Films in Review, vol. 34, 1983 pp. 329-333