Edith Barrett

Biography

Edith Barrett was a romantic star on Broadway and in New England summer stock from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s, appearing alongside notable actors including Walter Hampden and Orson Welles. She met her future husband Vincent Price while playing Sibil in The Shoemaker's Holiday production of Mercury Theatre in 1937. Barrett also transitioned to film, starring in notable cinematic works such as I Walked with a Zombie and Ruthless.