What is Edith Massey?
'''Edith Massey''' (May 25, 1918 - October 24, 1984) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She acted in several of [[film director|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|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], USA bar he and his friends frequented. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Massey capitalized on her Waters infamy by touring as the lead singer of a punk band (Edie and the Eggs) and opening a thrift store in Baltimore called Edith's Shopping Bag. Director Robert Maier made a documentary short about her in 1975 called ''Love Letter to Edie''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Massey, Edith}} [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from San Francisco]]