Edith Massey
Actor · 1918 – 1984 · 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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movie6.1ComedyCrimeNotorious 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".
Pink Flamingos
1972 · 588 votes
Movie6.3ComedyCrimeThe Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
Multiple Maniacs
1970 · 127 votes
Movie6.4ComedyCrimeAfter 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.
Desperate Living
1977 · 124 votes
Movie7.0ComedyBlessed 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.
Polyester
1981 · 196 votes
Movie7.3DocumentaryHarris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
I Am Divine
2014 · 96 votes
Movie6.9ComedyCrimeTeenage 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.
Female Trouble
1976 · 239 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryAn American short documentary video about the opening of Edith Massey's thrift store in Baltimore.
Edith's Shopping Bag
1976 · 4 votes
- Movie7.6Documentary
This documentary focuses on the careers of influential partners in trash film, John Waters and Divine. The film includes interviews with Waters' parents and sister, actress Edith Massey sings two songs (Punks, Get off the Grass and Fever), as well as a live performance of Divine performing his song Born to be Cheap.
Divine Waters
1985 · 9 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryA documentary about actress Edith Massey in which she talks about her life and her career in film.
Love Letter to Edie
1975 · 17 votes
Movie8.0ComedyScience FictionA team of scientists create a pair of genetically modified "superbeings", but they must thwart Russian agents who are out to capture their creations.
Mutants in Paradise
1984 · 1 votes