Anecdotes

John Waters said that she often had trouble remembering her lines in his films. To help herself remember them, she would often write out her lines hundreds of times.

After she became rich, she had a special set of false teeth made, with her trademark gaps.

Embarked on singing career - released a track titled "Big Girls Don't Cry", which can be found on "The World's Worst Records" Vol. 1 (a various artists compilation from Rhino Records).

Former chorus girl and tap dancer.

Initially hated the tight, black, lace-up dominatrix outfit that was custom-made for her for Female Trouble (1974), but years later had a new one made when she couldn't fit into the original.

Owned "Edith's Shopping Bag", a thrift shop on Broadway in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland.

She had a speech impediment caused by dental work.

Was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Moved her shop from Baltimore, Maryland to Venice, California about a year before she died.

On 6 September 1981, performed live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., in a sequined evening dress, backed by The Evidence.

Appeared on the cover of John Mellencamp's 1980 album "Nothin' Matters and What If It Did."