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Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American actress, model, and socialite, who was one of Andy Warhol's superstars, starring in several of his short films during the 1960s. [1]
Apr 2, 2014 · Heading to New York in 1963, Sedgwick's hard-partying, socialite lifestyle led her to meet artist Andy Warhol, and she became his muse during the height of the Pop Art movement. She starred in...
Edie Sedgwick was a bright social butterfly whose candle of fame burned brightly at both ends. Born into a wealthy White Anglo-Saxon Protestant family of impressive lineage, Edie became a "celebutante" for her beauty, style, wealth and her associations with figures of the 1960s counterculture.
- April 20, 1943
- November 16, 1971
Aug 18, 2022 · Raised by their parents Alice de Forest and Francis Sedgwick, the eight Sedgwick children came of age in a wealthy household, first on Long Island and then on ranches in California. Their...
Aug 25, 2022 · Edie Sedgwick wasn’t quite so ambitious. She could draw and dance and, at times, act. But, mostly, she could be Edie—a talent that her sister grudgingly extolls.
- Hillary Kelly
Nov 6, 2023 · Learn about Edie Sedgwick's life, from her troubled childhood and mental illness to her rise as a model, actress, and fashion icon in the 1960s. Discover how she became Warhol's muse and starred in his avant-garde films, such as Poor Little Rich Girl and Kitchen.
Feb 2, 2022 · Andy Warhol's pre-eminent "It Girl" of the mid-1960s, Edie Sedgwick found fame as an actress and model before dying in 1971 at the age of just 28. Beneath the shiny exterior of beauty and fame was a woman struggling with mental illness, drug abuse, and personal loss.
