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Edith Massey
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Film & TV
San Francisco, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Massey (May 28, 1918 – October 24, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters. Due to her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Massey,…
Known for
- Return to Mortville — Self (archive footage)2026
- I Am Divine — Self (archive)2014
- Divine Waters — Self1985
- Mutants in Paradise — Dr. Durchfall1984
- Polyester — Cuddles Kovinsky1981
- Desperate Living — Queen Carlotta1977
- Female Trouble — Aunt Ida1976
- Edith's Shopping Bag — Self1976
- Love Letter to Edie — Self1975
- Pink Flamingos — Edie1972
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Edith Massey (May 25, 1918 - October 24, 1984) was an American actress. Edith grew up in an orphanage in Denver, Colorado and later absconded to Los Angeles, California in an attempt to start a career in show business. She was an extra in the 1940 film Arise, My Love. Director John Waters met Edith while she was working as a bartender at Pete's Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. While living in Baltimore, Edith opened up a thrift store called Edith's Shopping Bag. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1918-05-28
- date of death
- 1984-10-24
- cause of death
- diabetes
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- end of work period
- 1984-00-00
- name in native language
- Edith Massey
- writing language
- English language
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