Edna Purviance

Edna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplins early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in overfilms with him.

Olga Edna Purviance was born in Paradise Valley, Nevada, to English immigrant Louisa Wright Davey and American vintner to the western mining camps Madison Gates Purviance. When she was three, the family moved to Lovelock, Nevada, where they assumed ownership of a hotel. Her parents divorced in 1902, and her mother later married Robert Nurnberger, a German plumber. Growing up, Purviance was a talented pianist.

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