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A Woman
by Charlie Chaplin
A Woman was Charlie Chaplin's ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majestic Studio and released in 1915. The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna (Edna Purviance) and her parents in a park; the mother is played by Marta Golden and the father by Charles Insley. In this film, Chaplin dresses as a woman to fool Edna's father. It was the third and last time Chaplin played the role of a woman on film. He played a woman in two Keystone films: The Masquerader and A Busy Day.
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Language: English
Year of production: 1915
Length: 20 minutes
Country: United States
Directors:
Charlie Chaplin
Producers:
Jess Robbins
Actors:
Charles Chaplin, Charles Inslee, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Leo White
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