Aspiring Actress — Behind the Screen Character Profile

About Aspiring Actress

A determined country girl who arrives at the studio to pursue acting. After being rejected, she disguises herself as a male stagehand to stay, reveals her identity to David, and ultimately thwarts a sabotage plot.

Character Facts

Played by

Edna Purviance

Appears in

Behind the Screen (1916)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Behind the Screen

• David - Property Man's Assistant (Charlie Chaplin)
• Goliath - Property Man (Eric Campbell)
• Director of Historical Film (Henry Bergman)
• Director of Comical Film (uncredited) (Lloyd Bacon)
• Actor (Tom Wood)
• Stagehand (uncredited) (Albert Austin)
• Stagehand (uncredited) (John Rand)
• Actor (Wesley Ruggles)
• Stagehand (uncredited) (Leo White)
• Actress (Charlotte Mineau)
• Actress (Leota Bryan)
• Assistant Director (Frank J. Coleman)