- Shared a house with Catherine Hardwicke in Venice in the late '80's while starting out as a Foley artist and set decorator.
- Speaks French, Italian, and some Dutch.
- Is the sister of Edgar Allen Poe Award winning novelist Wendy Hornsby.
- Sang on the radio in Italy for RAI Uno with her daughter Chiara. Has been a member of the 'Screen Actor's Guild' since 1988.
- Cooked dinner for Julia Child and her husband Paul Childin Boston.
- Supports Arts Education In schools by volunteering with the Los Angeles Opera. Maestro James Conlon and Director Plácido Domingo.
- Is a descendant of Francis Cooke who sailed on The Mayflower. Is related to several US Presidents through her Robinette ancestry. Allen Robinette help to found Philadelphia with Sir William Penn in 1682. Descends from abolitionists on her dad's side of the family. Cousin of Joe Biden family.
- Is the mother of Chiara Cristina, Pietro Ugo Bruys, and Luca Matteo Ettore - Petrachi.
- Has worked as a Director of film/video/multimedia development,Writer, Singer, Commercial Producer, Foley Artist, Project Manager, Gourmet Chef,Independent Film Distribution Strategist, Dancer.
- Best friend in High school was Annie Wegelius - programming Director of Swedish Television SVT.
- A native Angelina, has lived in Boston, Beacon Hill and Marblehead, Soho NYC, Rome, Gallipoli, Italy, The Netherlands, Lawrence, Kansas, and Springfield, Missouri.
- Worked as a Film Restoration Producer and Film Detective with Academy Award Winner Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC to find lost film, restore Summer Children (1965), produced by Jack RobinetteDirected behind the scenes commentary track with Vilmos and Jack at EUE/Screen Gems'Silhouettes in Shadow and Light (2010)' composed music and authored DVD. Selected as special feature at Slamdance Film Festival 2011. produced special screening at 'American Cinematheque' at the 'Graumann's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood'.
- Studied with Herbert Berghof at HB Studios in Greenwhich Village, New York City, Larry Moss in Los Angeles for Dialects and accents, Sheila Jordan in NYC, and several dance studios in NYC and LA.
- Studio Manager, and Foley Artist at Interlok Studios, Crossroads of The World, Hollywood. Worked with Jon Voight, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Amy Irving, Robert Wagner, Gary Busey,Baby Face, James Newton Howard,Tom Snow, Michael Perricone, Steven Spielberg, Vince Colavitti, Dom DeLuise.
- Started film career at Broadcast Arts in DC/NYC Animation Studio as an actor, singer, animator, Foley artist, sound effects designer, and Producer. Worked on several National Cmmercials, MTV spots, and the first Season of Pee-Wee Herman's Playhouse. Worked at Peter Wallach, son of Eli Wallach, Studios as a clay animator on the MTV Award winning music video for Peter Gabriel, Big Time.
- Collaborated with Bassist and Cinematographer Dan Salzmann of the Maps in Boston during the New Wave/Post Punk romantic period while attending 'Berklee College of Music'.
- During early career worked as an Assistant Manager of Eli Zabar's E.A.T. on New York's Upper East Side. Regularly made chocolate cupcakes for Peter Boyle.
- Director of Feature Length Documentary Heart of the Drum. Issued Tribal Resolution by the Delaware Indian Tribal Council to direct the story of the tribe.
- Recipient of two National Endowment of the Humanities Grants for the production of The Production of Heart of the Drum.
- Selected to be a final juror at the Kansas City Film Festival in the feature and short documentary, avant garde/experimental, and narrative categories. A special screening of the film Summer Children (2011)_ for which Edie was the Restoration Producer, and Panelist. Spke on the "Women Film Maker Panel" for Women in Film and Television. Vilmos lensed the Robert Altman Farm Team Art House Film and worked with several of the cast and crew on subsequent films.
- Performed with Performance Artist Pat Oleszko in New York, Greenwhich Village, at PS 122 - "A New Clear World" interpretation of nuclear arms races.
- Known for cerebral sound effects and experimental combination of animal voices, nature, and rare musical instruments in Foley sound design. Specialties are Science Fiction/Fantasy, Dance scenes, Animals, and Comedy. Feature films _Eternity_, The Return of Swamp Thing (1989), Transformations (1988), American Rampage (1989), Catacombs (1988), Criminal Act (1989), American Rampage (1989), Terror Night (1989), Evil Spawn (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988). Comedy effects for Blobermouth (1991), and TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), Zorro (1990), and New Monkees (1987).
- Was a Final Juror in the Feature Film, Feature Doc, and Experimental Film Categories at the Kansas City International Film Festival 2013 as well as VIP Filmmaker and Panelest for Women in Film and TV "Women Making Movies".
- Final Juror Missouri Stories Screenwriting Competition sponsored by the Missouri Film Commissioners Office 2015.
- Festival Programmer SlamDance Film Festival 2016. As a SlamDance Alumna, Edie serves the film community through curating short fiction films for the 2016 festival.
- Edie is a voting member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
- Edie is developing new sound and music studio for her soundscape, film scoring, and songwriting business Angel City Sound Works. (2019).
- Is a member of the Alliance of Women Film Composers promoting new inroads for women film and TV composers as well as songwriters for film and TV (2019).
- is finishing new degree program at Berklee College of Music. (2019)
- Edie worked on two Daytime Emmy Award-winning teams, Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1987) and A Day In The Life mini-series (1988).
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