Edie Sedgwick

Edie Sedgwick (1943 - 1971)
==Deaths in Film==
*Lupe (1966) [Lupe Velez]: Commits suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills; she dies after passing out in the bathroom with her head in the toilet. (This is historically inaccurate, based on the popular misconception of Lupe Velez' death rather than on the actual truth; in reality, Velez' body was found in her bedroom.) Edie was pregnant at the time of her death, consequently, her unborn child also died.
*Ciao Manhattan (1972) [Susan Superstar]: Dies (off-screen) of a drug overdose; we learn of her death afterwards when Wesley Hayes sees a newspaper headline about it. (Due to Edie's actual death before the film was completed, a genuine newspaper article was used, with her name obscured so that the filmmakers could apply it to her character.)
==Notable Connections==
*Cousin of Paulita Sedgwick, Kyra Sedgwick and Robert Sedgwick.
Category:Actresses
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:American actors and actresses
Category:1943 Births
Category:1971 Deaths
Category:Death scenes by suicide
Category:Death scenes by drug overdose
Category:Drug overdose victims
Category:Historically inaccurate death scenes
Category:Pregnant characters
Category:Died during production
Category:Off-screen deaths