Edna Purviance (born 1895), an American actress during the silent movie era.
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Douglas Purviance, former member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, playing bass trombone and tuba from 1975 to 1977.
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Samuel Anderson Purviance (born 1809), was a Whig, Opposition Party and Republican politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Edna Purviance (pronounced Purr-VYE-ance) was born in Paradise Valley, Nevada, to Louis and Madison Gates Purviance.