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Edith Massey

Edith Massey

5 films · 255 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19701981

Born 28 May 1918 · San Francisco, California · died 24 October 1984

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters. Due to her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Massey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

How their films are shot

Measured across 255 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Edith takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Edith takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night36%
Interior13%

Lighting

Natural49%
High key28%
Low key23%

Shot size

Medium62%
Fullbody16%
Closeup12%
Wide8%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense17%
Chaotic5%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 255 frames from Edith Massey's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.