Trivia

She and Gene Autry played practical jokes on each other on the set of Heart of the Rio Grande (1942).

She remained friends with her three-time co-star Lois Wilson, whom she greatly admired.

Her only child, daughter Kathy Fields, was born in January 1947.

Retired and lives at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. (January 2005)

During the 1940s, Edith toured as the lead in "Janie," a road show named after the character she portrayed.

Interviewed in "Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television," by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup (McFarland, 2002).

Mother-in-law of David L. Lander.

Grandmother of Natalie Lander.

She was a lifelong Democrat.