Edie

For other uses, see Edie (disambiguation).

Edie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Edith, as well as a surname. It may refer to:

## People

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### Given name

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* Edie Adams (1927–2008), American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian
* Edie Boyer (born 1966), American retired discus thrower
* Edie Brickell (born 1966), American singer/songwriter and guitarist.
* Edie Campbell (born 1990), English model
* Edie Fake (born 1980), American artist and author
* Edie Falco (born 1963), American actress
* Edie Huggins (1935–2008), American television reporter, journalist and broadcaster
* Edie McClurg (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 (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 (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

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* 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

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* Edie, played by Sheila Hancock in the 2017 film Edie
* Edie, a main character in the 1954 film On the Waterfront
* Edie Britt, 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

## See also

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* Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (1895-1977), American socialite and eccentric nicknamed "Big Edie", mother of Edith Bouvier Beale
* Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer nicknamed "Little Edie"
* Eddie (given name)
* Eddy (surname)
* Edey, surname

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