Charlie Chaplin Image Bank

Charlie and Edna

A selection of photographs from the Chaplin archives with Edna Purviance, the leading lady in many of Chaplin's early films. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with him. Chaplin kept her on his payroll until her death in 1958.

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Charlie Chaplin and the beautiful Edna Purviance in The Fireman (1916)

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Charlie and Edna in The Vagabond (1916)

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Charlie and Edna with Eric Campbell, The Vagabond (1916)

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The Vagabond (1916)

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The Count (1916)

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The Pawnshop (1916)

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Behind the Screen (1916)

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Charlie and Edna with Eric Campbell, The Rink (1916)

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Charlie and Edna in The Cure (1917)

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The Immigrant (1917)

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Charlie and Edna with Sydney Chaplin (Charlie's brother) on the set of The Immigrant (1917)

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Charlie and Edna with Rob Wagner on a trip to Hawaii after shooting The Adventurer (1917)

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A Dog's Life (1918)

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A Dog's Life (1918)

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Charlie and Edna in Sunnyside (1919)

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The Kid (1921)

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The Idle Class (1921)

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Edna Purviance, The Idle Class (1921)

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The Idle Class (1921)

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Pay Day (1922)

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Charlie Chaplin directing Edna Purviance in A Woman of Paris (1923)

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Edna Purviance, A Woman of Paris (1923)

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