- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- June 26, 2011
Edith Fellows
Edith Fellows was born on May 20, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts. When she was a year old, she and her father and grandmother moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. As a toddler, Edith was pigeon-toed and had trouble walking, and one doctor suggested that dance lessons might cure this condition. At age four, Edith entered Henderson's School of Dance, where she was spotted by a man claiming to be a talent scout, who told her grandmother that he could get Edith into show business for a fifty-dollar fee. The dance school raised the money, but when Edith and her grandmother arrived in Hollywood, they discovered that the address the man had given them did not exist, and they realized he was a fraud. Stranded in Hollywood with no means to return to North Carolina, Edith's grandmother began doing housework to earn a living. While she worked, she left Edith with a neighbor and her young son. One da…
Filmography
movieAlan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999 · Self
tvER
1994 · Sadie Hubbell
movieIn the Mood
1987 · Mrs. Long, Judy's Mother
movieThe Hills Have Eyes Part 2
1985 · Mrs. Wilson
movieGrace Kelly
1983 · Edith Head
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Mrs. Sabin
tvCagney & Lacey
1982 · Mrs. Isbecki
movieBetween Two Brothers
1982 · Victim's Wife
movieHollywood’s Children
1982 · Self
tvThe Brady Brides
1981
movieThe Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968 · Self (clip from "Pennies from Heaven")
movieLilith
1964 · Patient (uncredited)
movieCriminal Investigator
1942 · Ellen
movieStardust on the Sage
1942 · Judy Drew
movieHeart of the Rio Grande
1942 · Connie Lane
movieGirls' Town
1942 · Sue Norman
movieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942 · Self
movieHer First Beau
1941 · Milly Lou
movieHer First Romance
1940 · Linda Strong
movieNobody's Children
1940 · Pat
movieFive Little Peppers in Trouble
1940 · Polly Pepper
movieOut West with the Peppers
1940 · Polly Pepper
movieFive Little Peppers at Home
1940 · Polly Pepper
movieMusic in My Heart
1940 · Mary O'Malley
moviePride of the Blue Grass
1939 · Midge Griner
movieFive Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · Polly Pepper
movieThe Little Adventuress
1938 · Pinky Horton
movieCity Streets
1938 · Winnie Brady
movieLittle Miss Roughneck
1938 · Foxine LaRue
movieLife Begins with Love
1937 · Dodie Martin
moviePennies from Heaven
1936 · Patsy Smith
movieTugboat Princess
1936 · 'Princess' Judy
movieAnd So They Were Married
1936 · Brenda Farnham
movieOne Way Ticket
1935 · Ellen
movieShe Married Her Boss
1935 · Annabel Barclay
movieThe Keeper of the Bees
1935 · Jean Marie Meredith / Little Scout
movieDinky
1935 · Sally
movieKid Millions
1934 · Little Girl in Ice Cream Number (uncredited)
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Australia Wiggs
movieJane Eyre
1934 · Adele Rochester
movieHis Greatest Gamble
1934 · Alice (as a child)
movieCross Streets
1934 · Little Sister
movieThis Side of Heaven
1934 · Felicia - Minister's Daughter (uncredited)
movieTwo Alone
1934 · Rogers' Daughter (uncredited)
movieMush and Milk
1933 · Edith
movieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932 · Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)
movieLaw and Lawless
1932 · Betty Kelley
movieBirthday Blues
1932 · Girl with String in Mouth
movieDivorce In The Family
1932 · Little Girl with Kite
movieThe Rider of Death Valley
1932 · Betty Joyce
movieEmma
1932 · Gypsy as a Child (uncredited)
movieHuckleberry Finn
1931 · Schoolgirl (uncredited)
movieDaddy Long Legs
1931 · Orphan (uncredited)
Second Hand Kisses
movieSecond Hand Kisses
1931 · Orphan girl
movieCimarron
1931 · (uncredited)
movieShivering Shakespeare
1930 · Girls Scared of Elephant
movieMadame X
1929 · Child at Puppet Show (uncredited)
movieMovie Night
1929 · Daughter