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Edith Massey

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Edith Massey

Born May 28, 1918 · San Francisco, California

Died October 24, 1984 · aged 66

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, licen…

Known For

Pink FlamingosPink Flamingos · 1972
Pink Flamingos
★ 6.11972
MovieComedyCrime
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Desperate LivingDesperate Living · 1977
Desperate Living
★ 6.31977
MovieComedyCrime
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.
Female TroubleFemale Trouble · 1976
Female Trouble
★ 6.91976
MovieComedyCrime
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.
PolyesterPolyester · 1981
Polyester
★ 7.01981
MovieComedy
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Multiple ManiacsMultiple Maniacs · 1970
Multiple Maniacs
★ 6.31970
MovieComedyCrime
The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
Mutants in ParadiseMutants in Paradise · 1984
Mutants in Paradise
★ 8.01984
MovieComedyScience Fiction
A team of scientists create a pair of genetically modified "superbeings", but they must thwart Russian agents who are out to capture their creations.

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