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Edith Massey was an American actress and singer who appeared in five films by John Waters, including Pink Flamingos and Polyester. She was born in New York, raised in Denver, and died in Los Angeles in 1984.
May 27, 2021 · A 1982 interview with the late actress and thrift shop owner, who starred in five John Waters films, including Polyester. Learn about her life, career, and personality in her own words and with photos.
Edith Massey. Actress: Pink Flamingos. The wonderfully eccentric, snaggle-toothed Edith Massey was born in New York City and raised in an orphanage in Denver, Colorado before running away to Hollywood as a teenager.
Edith Massey was a snaggle-toothed actress and singer who starred in several John Waters films, such as Pink Flamingos and Polyester. She was born in New York City, raised in an orphanage, and ran a thrift shop in Baltimore before becoming a movie star.
Apr 4, 2013 · Edith Massey as Edie the Egg Lady, played Divine’s mother in “Pink Flamingos.” It was her defining role, but not exactly what she dreamed of as an star-struck orphan in the 1920s.
Apr 7, 2013 · (Photo abovet, Edith Massey as Edie the Egg Lady, Divine's mother in "Pink Flamingos.") In a recent phone call to Edith's brother, Morris Grodsky, I learned more about Edith's young...
Edith Massey (May 25, 1918 - October 24, 1984) was an American actress. She acted in several of director John Waters' most well-known movies: Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and Polyester. Waters discovered Massey as a waitress in a Baltimore, Maryland, USA bar he and his friends frequented.
