“Isn't that sad! I'm so fragile. It's tragic [laughs]. Can you believe it? That's so sad.”

— Edie Sedgwick

Response to watching herself on a monitor
Edie : Girl On Fire (2006)

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Socialite, actress, model 1943–1971

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