"The eerily unhinged Edith Massey, a performer so genuinely eccentric it's not clear whether she deserves an Oscar or a 24-hour nurse." This description, from
Newsweek's review of "Polyester" (1981), aptly sums up Massey's appeal. Her appearance was somewhat off-putting: short, squat, snaggletoothed, bizarrely made-up and coiffed. But her sweet nature made her a Baltimore landmark and one…
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