Edna Pervians is an American silent and feature film actress. Most famous for the fact that the entire filmography of her roles (with the exception of one film) consists of paintings by Charlie Chaplin. The biography, creativity and personal life of the legend of world cinema Edna Pervians are presented in this article.
early years
Edna Olga Pervians was born on October 21, 1895 in a tiny village in the US state of Nevada. When Edna was three years old, her parents, dreaming of their own business, sold the house and all the property and bought a small hotel in the city of Lovelock of the same state. But things were not going very well, and four years later the Pervians went bankrupt. On this basis, Edna's parents divorced when she was only seven years old, the girl stayed with her mother. Soon, the former Mrs. Pervians got married again. As the actress later admitted, her stepfather became closer to her than her father, making up for that share of fatherly love that the girl had not seen before in a series of endless parental quarrels. In the photo below, young Edna Pervians.
Mother and stepfather noticed early how beautiful Edna grows, and from the age of ten they predicted her career as an actress. However, from the arts, the girl preferred only music - by the age of 15 she played the piano beautifully, and after leaving school she left for San Francisco, where she entered the College of Business and Finance.
Meet Charlie Chaplin
Despite the dreams of a business woman’s career, her parents’predictions came true, and twenty-year-old Edna unexpectedly became an actress. In 1915, aspiring director and actor Charlie Chaplin made his second film, "Night Away, " near San Francisco.
For several days he could not pick up the actress for the main role, when suddenly one of the assistants introduced him to a business college student Edna, whom he met in a cafe. Chaplin, fascinated by the natural beauty and grace of the girl, without thinking twice invited her into the picture. Edna, in turn, captivated by a young man with great ambitions, agreed. So began her movie career and her first romantic relationship.
Despite the fact that the romance of Edna and Charlie lasted only three years, they broke up as friends and continued to collaborate until 1952.
Creation
Among the films of Edna Pervians 38 films made by Chaplin, and only one work with another director. After her debut in almost every picture of the comedy genius, Edna played the role of his bride or lover - even after the termination of their romance. The first outstanding was the role of mother in the cult film of 1921 "Baby", which became not only one of the most famous, but also the first full-length in the filmography of Charlie Chaplin. In 1923, Edna played the main roles in the films "Pilgrim" and "Parisian" - in the last partner of the actress for the first time became another actor.
In 1924, Edna played her last major role in the film "Woman of the Sea", and in 1927 she first starred with another director - in the film "Education for the Prince" by Henri Diaman-Berger. After that, the actress left the cinema for a long twenty years. Despite this, Charlie Chaplin never forgot his girlfriend and muse, throughout all these years paying Edna a monthly salary. In 1947, he again invited Pervians to his film and she agreed, playing a cameo role in the film "Monsieur Verdoux." The last appearance of Edna Pervians on the screen was another episodic role in the 1952 film Ognrampa.
