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Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20 1943 – November 16 1971) was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s.

Edie Sedgwick was born at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California to Alice Delano de Forest (1908–1988) and Francis Minturn Sedgwick, (1904–1967) a sculptor, philanthropist and rancher. She was named after her father's aunt (his mother's older sister).

Sedgwick's family was long established in Massachusetts history, with members having been painted by the artist John Singer Sargent.Edie's seventh-great grandfather, Robert Sedgwick, was the first Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635. Edie's family later originated from Stockbridge, Massachusetts where her great-great-great grandfather Judge Theodore Sedgwick had settled after the American Revolution. Theodore Sedgwick was the first to plead and win a case for the freedom of a...

Created by dipity on Feb 7, 2008

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 03:57 PM

• Edie Sedgwick Died
  Nov 14, 1971

  Edie Sedgwick died

• Poor Little Rich Girl
  1964

  Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1965 underground film by Andy Warhol starring Edie Sedgwick. Poor Little Rich Girl was conceived as the first film in part of a series featuring Sedgwick called The Poor Little Rich Girl Saga. The saga was to include other Warhol films: Restaurant, Face and Afternoon. The title references the 1936 movie starring Shirley Temple, whom Warhol idolized as a child. The title also serves as a description, of sorts, to the star, heiress, Edie Sedgwick. The concept of Poor Little Rich Girl is a day in the life of socialite Edie Sedgwick. Warhol and Gerard Malanga first began shooting in March of 1965 in Edie's posh New York City apartment. After initial filming and processing, the reels were found to be out of focus due to a faulty camera lens. Warhol then reshot footage, adding it to the original, out of focus first reel footage. The first reel depicts an out of focus Sedgwick waking up, ordering coffee and orange juice, smoking cigarettes, exercising, taking pills...

• Edie Sedgwick's Birthday
  Apr 19, 1943

  Edie Sedgwick was born in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara County