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 day Edith was taken along when the neighbor's son had an audition for the film Movie Night (1929), and she ended up getting the part. Although she never become a child star, Edith appeared in many popular films of the 1930s, most notably Pennies from Heaven (1936). She also proved herself to be a very versatile actress, playing roles ranging from a spoiled rich girl, as in Heart of the Rio Grande (1942), to a poor orphan girl, as in Pennies from Heaven. Edith was even given her own series, The Five Little Peppers, while under contract to Columbia, and she made four of the Pepper films (the first was Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)) in two years. Between 1929 and 1954, Edith appeared in some fifty films, mostly in juvenile roles due to her short 4' 10" stature. But her career suddenly slowed down in the mid-1950s. Between 1955 and 1980, she appeared in only one film, Lilith (1964), in which she had a bit part. During this time, Edith chose to focus on her family life; she had married producer Freddie Fields in 1946, and their only child, daughter Kathy, was born in 1947. But Edith and Fields divorced in 1955, and the end of her marriage, coupled with other factors, caused Edith to have a nervous breakdown. She recovered, and in 1981, she returned to acting in numerous supporting roles on television. In 1985, fellow former child actor Jackie Cooper announced plans to make a TV movie based on Edith's life, but this project never happened.
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 day Edith was taken along when the neighbor's son had an audition for the film Movie Night (1929), and she ended up getting the part. Although she never become a child star, Edith appeared in many popular films of the 1930s, most notably Pennies from Heaven (1936). She also proved herself to be a very versatile actress, playing roles ranging from a spoiled rich girl, as in Heart of the Rio Grande (1942), to a poor orphan girl, as in Pennies from Heaven. Edith was even given her own series, The Five Little Peppers, while under contract to Columbia, and she made four of the Pepper films (the first was Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)) in two years. Between 1929 and 1954, Edith appeared in some fifty films, mostly in juvenile roles due to her short 4' 10" stature. But her career suddenly slowed down in the mid-1950s. Between 1955 and 1980, she appeared in only one film, Lilith (1964), in which she had a bit part. During this time, Edith chose to focus on her family life; she had married producer Freddie Fields in 1946, and their only child, daughter Kathy, was born in 1947. But Edith and Fields divorced in 1955, and the end of her marriage, coupled with other factors, caused Edith to have a nervous breakdown. She recovered, and in 1981, she returned to acting in numerous supporting roles on television. In 1985, fellow former child actor Jackie Cooper announced plans to make a TV movie based on Edith's life, but this project never happened.
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Filmography (Movies)
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Character:Self
Release Date:04/03/1999
In the Mood
Character:Mrs. Long, Judy's Mother
Release Date:16/09/1987
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
Character:Mrs. Wilson
Release Date:02/08/1985
Grace Kelly
Character:Edith Head
Release Date:21/02/1983
Between Two Brothers
Character:Victim's Wife
Release Date:09/03/1982
Hollywood’s Children
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1982
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Character:Self (clip from "Pennies from Heaven")
Release Date:08/05/1968
Lilith
Character:Patient (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1964
Criminal Investigator
Character:Ellen
Release Date:23/10/1942
Stardust on the Sage
Character:Judy Drew
Release Date:25/05/1942
Heart of the Rio Grande
Character:Connie Lane
Release Date:11/03/1942
Girls' Town
Character:Sue Norman
Release Date:06/03/1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1942
Her First Beau
Character:Milly Lou
Release Date:08/05/1941
Her First Romance
Character:Linda Strong
Release Date:25/12/1940
Nobody's Children
Character:Pat
Release Date:12/12/1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Character:Polly Pepper
Release Date:01/09/1940
Out West with the Peppers
Character:Polly Pepper
Release Date:30/06/1940
Five Little Peppers at Home
Character:Polly Pepper
Release Date:08/02/1940
Music in My Heart
Character:Mary O'Malley
Release Date:04/01/1940
Pride of the Blue Grass
Character:Midge Griner
Release Date:06/10/1939
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Character:Polly Pepper
Release Date:22/08/1939
City Streets
Character:Winnie Brady
Release Date:01/07/1938
Little Miss Roughneck
Character:Foxine LaRue
Release Date:23/01/1938
Life Begins with Love
Character:Dodie Martin
Release Date:06/10/1937
Pennies from Heaven
Character:Patsy Smith
Release Date:25/11/1936
Tugboat Princess
Character:'Princess' Judy
Release Date:15/10/1936
And So They Were Married
Character:Brenda Farnham
Release Date:10/05/1936
One Way Ticket
Character:Ellen
Release Date:25/11/1935
She Married Her Boss
Character:Annabel Barclay
Release Date:19/09/1935
The Keeper of the Bees
Character:Jean Marie Meredith / Little Scout
Release Date:14/07/1935
Dinky
Character:Sally
Release Date:11/05/1935
Kid Millions
Character:Little Girl in Ice Cream Number (uncredited)
Release Date:10/11/1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Character:Australia Wiggs
Release Date:28/10/1934
Jane Eyre
Character:Adele Rochester
Release Date:15/08/1934
His Greatest Gamble
Character:Alice (as a child)
Release Date:10/08/1934
Cross Streets
Character:Little Sister
Release Date:05/07/1934
This Side of Heaven
Character:Felicia - Minister's Daughter (uncredited)
Release Date:02/02/1934
Two Alone
Character:Rogers' Daughter (uncredited)
Release Date:26/01/1934
Mush and Milk
Character:Edith
Release Date:27/05/1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
Character:Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)
Release Date:09/12/1932
Law and Lawless
Character:Betty Kelley
Release Date:29/11/1932
Birthday Blues
Character:Girl with String in Mouth
Release Date:12/11/1932
Divorce In The Family
Character:Little Girl with Kite
Release Date:27/08/1932
The Rider of Death Valley
Character:Betty Joyce
Release Date:23/04/1932
Emma
Character:Gypsy as a Child (uncredited)
Release Date:02/01/1932
Huckleberry Finn
Character:Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Release Date:07/08/1931
Daddy Long Legs
Character:Orphan (uncredited)
Release Date:05/06/1931
Second Hand Kisses
Character:Orphan girl
Release Date:29/03/1931
Cimarron
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:26/01/1931
Shivering Shakespeare
Character:Girls Scared of Elephant
Release Date:25/01/1930
Madame X
Character:Child at Puppet Show (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1929
Movie Night
Character:Daughter
Release Date:11/05/1929
Television Appearances
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