Charlie Chaplin Stars in... A WOMAN Silent Comedy (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. Directed by: Charles Chaplin Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Inslee, Marta Golden