# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edith-massey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:35:51.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edith-massey"
name: "Edith Massey"
slug: "edith-massey"
description: "Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters. She was one of the Dreamlanders, Waters's stable of regular cast and crew members."
tagline: "Actress, singer (1918-1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/Edith_Massey.png/330px-Edith_Massey.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-05-28"
deathDate: "1984-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.71
  momentum:             2.224017232094776
  historical:           18.17849333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557298/"
    handle:    "nm0557298"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادیت مسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey_(actress)"
    title: "Edith Massey (actress)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادیت مسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%99"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エディス・マッセイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%94%94%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A7%A4%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "이디스 매시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Мэсси, Эдит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Massey"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Едіт Мессі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2734027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10373"
    title: "Edith Massey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump