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Edna Purviance

1895 - 1958

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Olga Edna Purviance (; October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958) was an American actress of the silent film era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edna Purviance is the 667th most popular actor (up from 676th in 2019), the 1,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,230th in 2019) and the 344th most popular American Actor.

Edna Purviance was a silent film actress who was most famous for her role as the leading lady in Charlie Chaplin's films.

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Among actors, Edna Purviance ranks 667 out of 13,578. Before her are Christian Bale, Cybill Shepherd, Milla Jovovich, Robert Knepper, Horst Buchholz, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. After her are Linda Christian, Burgess Meredith, Edwige Fenech, Walter Brennan, Erland Josephson, and Robert Walker.

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Among people born in 1895, Edna Purviance ranks 66. Before her are Wilhelm Kempff, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lewis Milestone, and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski. After her are Clara Haskil, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Pavel Sukhoi, Wilhelm Gustloff, Friedrich Jeckeln, and Robert Graves. Among people deceased in 1958, Edna Purviance ranks 27. Before her are Georges Rouault, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Boland, J. G. Strijdom, Giacomo Balla, and Kim Tu-bong. After her are André Bazin, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Ernst Heinkel, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Petru Groza, and Ole Kirk Christiansen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edna Purviance ranks 1,394 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Bremer (1941), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), Ash Carter (1954), and Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967). After her are Leo Fender (1909), Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Eric Adams (1960), Robert Walker (1918), and John Heard (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edna Purviance ranks 344. Before her are Wesley Snipes (1962), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Edward Norton (1969), Cybill Shepherd (1950), Robert Knepper (1959), and Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967). After her are Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), Michelle Phillips (1944), and Sam Elliott (1944).

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