Edie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

) of

Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English language, Englis ...

, as well as a surname. It may refer to:

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Edie Adams Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awa ...

(1927–2008), American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian * Edie Boyer (born 1966), American retired discus thrower *

Edie Brickell Edie Arlisa Brickell (born March 10, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's ''Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars'', the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart. ...

(born 1966), American singer/songwriter and guitarist. *

Edie Campbell Edith Blanche Campbell (born 25 September 1990) is an English model. In 2016, she made her second appearance on the cover of British Vogue. She has been a model for Chanel, Burberry and Hermès and is also an accomplished horse rider. Career C ...

(born 1990), English model *

Edie Fake Edie Fake (born 1980) is an American artist, illustrator, author, and transgender activist. Fake is known for their comics/zines, gouache and ink paintings, and murals. Fake has an award winning comic-zine series about Gaylord Phoenix, a bird-li ...

(born 1980), American artist and author *

Edie Falco Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. A prominent figure in American television, she is known for her roles both on stage and screen and has received numerous accolades including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe A ...

(born 1963), American actress * Edie Huggins (1935–2008), American television reporter, journalist and broadcaster *

Edie McClurg Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1945) is an American retired actress and comedian. She has played supporting roles in the films ''Carrie'' (1976), ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), and ''Elvira: Mistress of the Dark'' (1988), and bit parts in ...

(born 1951), American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and voice actress * Edie Meidav, 21st century Canadian-born American novelist * Edie Parker (1922–1993), American memoirist, first wife of Jack Kerouac *

Edie Sedgwick 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.Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Ma ...

(1943–1971), American heiress, socialite, actress and fashion model * Edith Vonnegut (born 1949), American painter, daughter of author Kurt Vonnegut and former wife of Geraldo Rivera *

Edith Windsor Edith Windsor (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights in the United States, LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United State ...

(1929–2017) is an American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist, lead plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case ''United States v. Windsor''

Surname

* James M. Edie (1927–1998), American philosopher * John Edie (New Zealand politician) (1856-1928), Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand * John Rufus Edie, (1814-1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Fictional characters

* Edie, played by Sheila Hancock in the 2017 film '' Edie'' * Edie, a main character in the 1954 film ''

On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film de ...

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Edie Britt Edie Britt is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. Nicollette Sheridan portrayed Edie from her debut in the pilot episode of the series unti ...

, on the television series ''Desperate Housewives'' * Edith Hughes (As the World Turns), on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from 1956 to 1960 * Edie Ochiltree, in Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel ''The Antiquary'' * Edie Miller, on the television series '' NY-LON'' * Edie Freehold, an elderly woman on the television series '' The Middle'' *Edie, a minor character on the television series ''

This Is Us ''This Is Us'' is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents and their three children in several different ti ...

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