- After she became rich, she had a special set of false teeth made, with her trademark gaps.
- 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.
- 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.
- Owned "Edith's Shopping Bag", a thrift shop on Broadway in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland.
- She had a speech impediment caused by dental work.
- 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.
- 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."
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