Edith Massey
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Born in New York City to Ashkenazi Jewish parents and raised in an orphanage before a brief foster placement, Edith Massey left home as a teenager and drifted to California, where she worked assorted jobs before settling in Baltimore as a barmaid at Pete’s Hotel. Her encounter with filmmaker John Waters in 1969 led to her first on-screen appearance as herself in Multiple Maniacs, launching a cult-…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
