Love Letter to Edie is a 1975 short documentary by Robert Maier. The film is about actress Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters...

 who starred in many of John Waters

John Waters (filmmaker)

John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...

 films such as; Desperate Living

Desperate Living

Desperate Living is a 1977 American crime comedy fantasy horror film directed, produced, written, and photographed by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Liz Renay, Jean Hill, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and Mary Vivian Pearce.-Plot:...

, Pink Flamingos

Pink Flamingos

Pink Flamingos is a 1972 transgressive black comedy film written, produced, composed, shot, edited, and directed by John Waters. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy and thus became one of the most notorious cult films ever made. It made an underground star...

, and Female Trouble

Female Trouble

Female Trouble is a 1974 dark comedy film co-composed, filmed, co-edited, written, produced, and directed by John Waters starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Michael Potter, Cookie Mueller, and Susan Walsh....

. The film follows Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters...

 around her Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

 thrift store, and includes fantasy sequences and stories about her past.

Cast

• Edith Massey
  Edith Massey
  Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters...
  
   - Herself
• John Waters
  John Waters (filmmaker)
  John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
  
   - Himself
• Mink Stole
  Mink Stole
  Nancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...
  
   - Blonde Wicked Stepsister
• Delores Delux - L.A. Showgirl
• Pat Moran
  Pat Moran
  Patrick Joseph Moran was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led two teams to their first-ever modern-era National League championships: the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1919 Cincinnati Reds...
  
   - Red Headed Evil Stepsister
• Ed Peranio - Brothel Client
• Vincent Peranio - Sailor in Bar
• Mary Vivian Pearce
  Mary Vivian Pearce
  Mary Vivian Pearce is an American actress. She has worked primarily in the films of John Waters.Pearce is the childhood best friend of John Waters and has appeared as an actress in all of his films. Because of her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of...
  
  - Store Customer (uncredited)

DVD release

The DVD release of Love Letter to Edie includes extra footage and commentary by the director is available at the film's website http://lovelettertoedie.com . This is a director's authorized version re-mastered from his original 16mm color film footage.