Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post(April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an Americanactress,model,andsocialite,who was one ofAndy Warhol's superstars,starring in several ofhis short filmsduring the 1960s.[1]Her prominence led to her being dubbed an "It Girl",[2][3]whileVoguemagazinenamed her a "Youthquaker".[4]

Edie Sedgwick
Sedgwick (center), with Pat Hartley, filmingCiao! Manhattanin 1967
Born
Edith Minturn Sedgwick

(1943-04-20)April 20, 1943
DiedNovember 16, 1971(1971-11-16)(aged 28)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery
Other namesEdith Sedgwick Post
EducationRadcliffe College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • socialite
Years active1965–1971
Spouse
Michael Post
(m.1971)
RelativesSedgwick family(paternal),Henry deForest(maternal grandfather)
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Sedgwick broke with Warhol in 1966 and attempted to forge an independent acting career. However, her mental health deteriorated fromdrug abuseand she struggled to complete the semi-autobiographical filmCiao! Manhattan.Sedgwick abstained from drugs and alcohol after meeting her future husband, Michael Post, and completed filmingCiao! Manhattanin early 1971. Post and Sedgwick married in July 1971; she died four months later of anoverdoseat age 28.

Early life and education (1943–1964)

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Edie Sedgwick was born inSanta Barbara,California,the seventh of eight children of Alice Delano de Forest (1908–1988) and Francis Minturn Sedgwick (1904–1967), a rancher, sculptor[5]and member of the historicalSedgwick familyofMassachusetts.Sedgwick's mother was the daughter ofHenry Wheeler de Forest,the president and chairman of the board of theSouthern Pacific Railroad.[6]She was named after her father's aunt,Edith Minturn Stokes,who wasfamously paintedwith her husband,Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes,byJohn Singer Sargent.[7]She was of English andFrench Huguenotancestry.

Despite the family's wealth and high social status, Sedgwick's early life was troubled.[8]Initiallyschooled at homeand cared for by nannies, the Sedgwick children were rigidly controlled by their parents. Being raised on their father's California ranches, they were largely isolated from the outside world and were instilled with the idea that they were superior to most of their peers. It was within these familial and social conditions that Sedgwick by her early teens developed aneating disorder,settling into an early pattern ofbinging and purging.At age 13 (the year her grandfatherHenry Dwight Sedgwickdied), she began boarding atthe Branson SchoolnearSan Francisco.According to her older sister Alice "Saucie" Sedgwick, she was soon taken out of the school because of her eating disorder. Her father severely restricted her freedom when she returned home.

All the Sedgwick children had conflicted relationships with their father (whom they called "Fuzzy" ). By most accounts, he wasnarcissistic,emotionally remote, controlling and frequentlyabusive.He also openly carried on extramarital affairs with other women. On one occasion, Edie walked in on her father while he was having sex with one of his mistresses. She reacted with great surprise, but he claimed that she had imagined it, slapped her and called a doctor to administertranquilizersto her.[9]As an adult, Sedgwick told people that he had attempted tomolesther several times, beginning when she was aged 7.[8]

In 1958, Sedgwick's parents enrolled her atSt. Timothy's SchoolinMaryland.She was eventually taken out of the school due to her continuing eating disorder, which had progressed toanorexia.[10]In the autumn of 1962, at her father's insistence, Sedgwick wascommittedto the privateSilver Hill HospitalinNew Canaan,Connecticut.As the regime was very lax, she easily manipulated her situation at Silver Hill and her weight kept dropping. She was later sent to Bloomingdale, the behavioral health wing in theWestchester Countydivision ofNew York Hospital,where her anorexia improved markedly. Around the time she left the hospital, she had a brief relationship with aHarvardstudent, became pregnant and procured anabortion,citing her present psychological issues.[11]

In the autumn of 1963, Sedgwick moved toCambridge, Massachusetts,and began studying sculpture with her cousin, artistLily Saarinen.According to Saarinen, Sedgwick "was very insecure about men, though all the men loved her."[12][13]During this period, she partied with members of an elitebohemianfringe of the Harvard social scene.

Sedgwick was deeply affected by the loss of her older brothers, Francis Jr. (known as "Minty" ) and Robert (known as "Bobby" ), who died within eighteen months of each other. Francis, who had a particularly unhappy relationship with their father, suffered severalmental breakdowns,eventually dying bysuicidein 1964 while committed at Silver Hill Hospital. Robert, her second oldest brother, also suffered from mental health problems and died when his motorcycle crashed into the side of aNew York Citybus onNew Year's Eve1965.

On her twenty-first birthday in April 1964, Sedgwick received an $80,000trust fundfrom her maternal grandmother. In September 1964, she relocated to New York to pursue a career inmodeling.In December 1964, she was injured in an automobile accident.[14]

The Factory (1965–1966)

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Films

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In March 1965, Sedgwick met artist andavant-gardefilmmakerAndy Warholat a party at the apartment of producerLester Perskyand began frequently visiting Warhol's art studio,The Factory,inMidtown Manhattan.[1]During one of her subsequent visits, Warhol was filmingVinyl(1965), his interpretation ofAnthony Burgess' novelA Clockwork Orange.DespiteVinyl's all-male cast, Warhol put Sedgwick in the movie. Around this time, she also made a small cameo appearance in another Warhol film,Horse(1965).[1]Sedgwick's appearances in both films were brief but generated enough interest that Warhol decided to cast her in the starring role of his next films.

The first of these films,Poor Little Rich Girl(1965), was originally conceived as part of a series of films featuring Sedgwick calledThe Poor Little Rich Girl Saga.The series was to includePoor Little Rich Girl,Restaurant,FaceandAfternoon.Filming ofPoor Little Rich Girlbegan in March 1965 in Sedgwick's apartment; it depicted her going about her daily routines. Her next film for Warhol wasKitchen,which was filmed in May 1965 but not released until 1966. Written by Factory scriptwriterRonald Tavel,the film stars Sedgwick,Rene Ricard,Roger Trudeau, Donald Lyons and Elecktrah. AfterKitchen,Chuck Weinreplaced Tavel as a writer and assistant director for the filming ofBeauty No. 2(1965), which was filmed in June and premiered in July 1965. The film shows Sedgwick lounging on a bed in her underwear withGino Piserchioand being taunted by Wein off-screen.[1]

Sedgwick and Warhol continued making films together —Outer and Inner Space,Prison,LupeandChelsea Girls— throughout 1965. The edited footage of Sedgwick inChelsea Girlswould eventually become the filmAfternoon.Their relationship deteriorated by late 1965, however, and Sedgwick demanded that Warhol stop showing her films.Lupeis often thought to be Sedgwick's last Warhol film, but she filmedThe Andy Warhol Storywith Rene Ricard in November 1966, almost a year after finishingLupe.The Andy Warhol Storywas an unreleased film that was only screened once at The Factory. Along with Sedgwick, the film featured Ricard satirically pretending to be Warhol.

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Warhol's films were for the most part shown only in underground film theaters and in viewings held at The Factory, and were not commercially successful. Regardless, Sedgwick began receiving attention from the mainstream media, who reported on her appearances in the films and on her personal style. During this period, she developed a distinct look including black leotards, mini dresses, large chandelier earrings and heavy eye make-up.[15]She popularized the mini-skirt by purchasing children's skirts and wearing them as her own.[16]Sedgwick also cut her naturally brown hair short and dyed it with silver spray, thus matching her look with Warhol's, who was known for wearing silvery hair pieces.[15]

Warhol dubbed Sedgwick his "Superstar", and they began appearing together at various public events.[14]The previously niche phrase "Superstar" was popularized and became a mainstream term because of Sedgwick being dubbed one by Andy Warhol and the increased mainstream media attention the pair received. Sedgwick can be seen defining the term on theMerv Griffin Show,indicating that the word was not a staple in the general public's vocabulary before her appearance on the show.[17]

In a photoshoot forVogue magazinein August 1965, Sedgwick was photographed byEnzo Sellerio,wearing only hosiery and a black ballet leotard, as she balanced on the back of a leather rhinoceros. Vogue dubbed her an "It Girl" and a "Youthquaker".[18][19]In November 1965, Fred Eberstadt photographed her forLifemagazineunder the title "Girl in Black Tights".[20]Her distinctive style, which featured black leotards and tights, miniskirts, chandelier earrings, and heavy eye makeup, made her a style icon of the 1960s.[15]

In 1966, Sedgwick was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York byWomen's Wear Daily,alongsideTiger Morse,Baby Jane Holzer,Pierre Cardin,Paco Rabanne,Rudi Gernreich,André Courrèges,Emanuel Ungaro,Yves Saint LaurentandMary Quant.[21]

Later years (1967–1971)

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After breaking with Warhol, Sedgwick attempted to forge a legitimate acting career. She auditioned forNorman Mailerwhen the stage adaptation of his novelThe Deer Parkwas being produced. But Mailer "turned her down....—She was very good in a sort of tortured and wholly sensitive way—...She used so much of herself with every line that we knew she'd be immolated after three performances."[22]

In March 1967, Sedgwick began what may have seemed propitious but in fact began her torturous and final decline: the shooting ofCiao! Manhattan,a semi-autobiographical underground film co-directed by John Palmer andDavid Weisman.During this, Sedgwick accidentally set her room on fire in the Chelsea Hotel and was briefly hospitalized with burns. Due to her rapidly deteriorating health from drug use, the film was suspended. After further hospitalizations for drug abuse and mental issues in 1968 and 1969, Sedgwick returned to her family's ranch in California to recuperate. In August 1969, she was hospitalized again in the psychiatric ward of theSanta Barbara Cottage Hospitalafter being arrested for drug offenses by local police. While in the hospital, Sedgwick met another patient, Michael Post, whom she would marry in July 1971.[23]

Sedgwick was hospitalized again in the summer of 1970 but was let out under the supervision of a psychiatrist, two nurses and the live-in care of filmmaker John Palmer and his wife Janet. Determined to finishCiao! Manhattanand have her story told, Sedgwick reconnected with the film crew and began shooting inArcadiaand Santa Barbara in late 1970. She also recorded audio tapes reflecting on her life story, accounts Weisman and Palmer incorporated into the film's dramatic arc. Filming completed in early 1971, and the film was released in February 1972.

Death

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On the night of November 15, 1971, Sedgwick went to a fashion show at the Santa Barbara Museum that included a segment filmed for the television showAn American Family.[24]After the show, she attended a party where she drank alcohol. She then phoned her husband to pick her up. On the way home, Sedgwick expressed thoughts of uncertainty about their marriage.[25]Before they both fell asleep, Post gave Sedgwick medication that had been prescribed for her. According to Post, Sedgwick started to fall asleep very quickly and her breathing was "bad – it sounded like there was a big hole in her lungs" but he attributed it to her heavy smoking habit and went to sleep.[26]

When Post awoke the following morning at 7:30 a.m., he found Sedgwick dead. The coroner ruled her death as "undetermined/ accident/suicide". Herdeath certificatestates the immediate cause was "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due toethanolintoxication. Sedgwick'salcohol levelwas registered at 0.17% and her barbiturate level was 0.48mg%.She was only 28.[27]

Sedgwick was not buried in her family'sSedgwick Piecemetery plot but in the small Oak Hill Cemetery inBallard, California.Herepitaphreads "Edith Sedgwick Post – Wife of Michael Brett Post 1943–1971".[28]

Personal life

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Relationships

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Following her estrangement from Warhol's inner circle, Sedgwick began living at theChelsea Hotel,where she became close toBob Dylan.Dylan and his friends eventually convinced Sedgwick to sign up withAlbert Grossman,Dylan's manager. According toPaul Morrissey,Sedgwick had developed a crush on Dylan that she thought he reciprocated. She was also under the impression that she and Dylan would star in a mainstream film together. Unbeknownst to Sedgwick, however, Dylan had secretly married his girlfriendSara Lowndsin November 1965. Morrissey claimed that Sedgwick was informed of the marriage by Warhol (who reportedly heard about it through his lawyer) in February 1966. Friends of Sedgwick's later said that she saw the supposed offer of doing a film with Dylan as a ticket to a mainstream film career. Morrissey claimed that Dylan likely never had plans to star in a film with Sedgwick and "hadn't been very truthful."[29]

Since Sedgwick's death, Dylan has routinely denied that he ever had a romantic relationship with her but did acknowledge knowing her. In December 2006, several weeks before the release of the controversial filmFactory Girl,theWeinstein Companyand the film's producers interviewed Sedgwick's older brother, Jonathan, who claimed that Sedgwick told him she had aborted a baby she claimed was Dylan's shortly after she was injured in a motorcycle accident.[30]As a result of the accident, doctors consigned her to a mental hospital, where she was treated fordrug addiction.No records from a hospital or the Sedgwick family exist to support this story. Nonetheless, Jonathan claimed, "Staff found she was pregnant but, fearing the baby had been damaged by her drug use and anorexia, forced her to have the abortion."[31][32]

Throughout most of 1966, Sedgwick was involved in an intense but troubled relationship with Dylan's friendBob Neuwirth.During this time, she became increasingly dependent onbarbiturates.In early 1967, unable to cope with Sedgwick's drug abuse and erratic behavior, Neuwirth broke off their relationship.

Marriage

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Sedgwick met Michael Post at a hospital in Santa Barbara. Post was also attempting to quit drugs. After their wedding on July 24, 1971, Post claims he has helped her achievesobriety.[33]However, in October 1971, Sedgwickrelapsedafter taking prescription pain medication given to her for a physical illness, which in turn led to abusing barbiturates andalcohol.[citation needed]

In pop culture

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Books

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In 1982,Edie Sedgwick: An American Biographywritten byJean Steinwas published byAlfred A Knopf.[33]

In 2022, Sedgwick's sister Alice Sedgwick Wohl released the bookAs It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy.[34]

Film and theater

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In the 1980s,Warren Beattybought the rights to Sedgwick's life story and was planning to make a movie, initially withMolly Ringwaldthen withJennifer Jason Leighstarring as Sedgwick.[35]Al Pacinowas tapped to play Andy Warhol. It was also reported that a film titledThe War at Homewas to be loosely based on her life during The Factory years, withLinda Fiorentinoslated to portray her. It was to be based onJohn Byrum's fictionalized account of a working-class man who becomes enamored of her. Neither was ever produced.[36]

Actress and modelJennifer Rubinplayed Sedgwick in the 1991 filmThe Doors,directed byOliver Stone.In the 2002 filmIgby Goes Down,Amanda Peet's character, Rachel, is described as an "Edie Sedgwick wanna-be" and dresses in Sedgwick-inspired attire throughout the film.[37]

A 2004off-Broadwayplay entitledAndy & Ediewas written and produced byPeter Braunstein.It ran for 10 days.[38]Misha Moore, who portrayed Sedgwick, claimed to be the late model's niece. At the request of the Sedgwick family,The New York Timespublished a notice of correction.[39]

In the 2000s, directorMike Nicholsand actressNatalie Portmanconsidered doing a film about Sedgwick and Andy Warhol but decided to film an adaptation ofPatrick Marber's playCloserinstead, which was released in 2004.[40]

Sienna Millerplayed Sedgwick inGeorge Hickenlooper's filmFactory Girl,a fictionalized account of Sedgwick's life, released in December 2006. The film portrays Warhol, played byGuy Pearce,as a cynic who leads Sedgwick into a downward spiral of drug addiction and psychiatric problems.Hayden Christensenplays "Billy Quinn", an apparent conglomeration of various characters but a look-alike of Bob Dylan. Dylan was apparently threatening to pursue adefamationlawsuit, claiming the film implicates him as having driven Sedgwick to her death. Michael Post, Sedgwick's widower, appears as a taxi driver in one of the last scenes of the film.[41]

In the 2007 filmI'm Not There,Michelle Williams's character Coco Rivington is modeled on Sedgwick.

Directed by Melissa Painter andDavid Weisman,the 2010 short filmEdie: Girl on Fire,accompanied the book release of the same title, with an archived audio interview of Sedgwick on CD.[15][42][43]

The 2021 animated short filmToo Late,by Polish artist Kinga Syrek, was a tribute to Edie Sedgwick's life story and was released for the 50th anniversary of her death.[44]

Music

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Sedgwick inspired a number of songs—during her life by artists Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground, and posthumously.[45]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1965 Vinyl Non-speaking role
1965 Beauty No. 2
1965 Space
1965 Restaurant Short
1965 Prison[60] alternative title:Girls in Prison
1965 Kitchen
1965 Horse Non-speaking role; first appearance in a Warhol film
1965 Afternoon
1965 Outer and Inner Space Short
1965 Bitch
1965 Screen Test No. 1 Herself
1965 Screen Test No. 2 Herself
1965 Poor Little Rich Girl Poor Little Rich Girl Credited as Mazda Isphahan
1965 Factory Diaries
1966 Lupe Lupe Vélez
1966 Face
1967 Four Stars**** alternative title:The Four Star Movie;uses footage of Sedgwick from previous Warhol films
1967 The Andy Warhol Story final film with Warhol
1969 Walden Herself alternative title:Diaries, Notes and Sketches
1972 Ciao! Manhattan Susan Superstar posthumously released

Bibliography

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  • Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga:Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story
  • Victor Bockris:Andy Warhol
  • Michael Opray:Andy Warhol. Film Factory
  • Jean Stein:Edie: American Girl
  • Andy Warhol:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
  • Melissa Painter and David Weisman:Edie: Girl on FireBook and Film
  • Steven Watson:Factory Made: Warhol And the Sixties
  • Nat Finkelsteinand David Dalton:Edie: Factory Girl
  • John Sedgwick:In My Blood: Six Generations of Madness and Desire in an American Family

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