About Edy Williams
As a landshark in a crocheted bikini, with a lion's mane of honey-brown hair and a glint in her eye perhaps shared only by the criminally insane, Edy talks in the unsettling throaty purr of a Marilyn on Quaaludes, uttering such memorable profanities as "You're groovy, boy.... I'd like to strap you on sometime." Personally, I find Ashley to be a hell of a lot scarier than Z-Man/Superwoman, which is saying something. Edy Williams is so intense you feel she might jump right off the screen and take a bite out of you.
—Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, regarding her performance in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
"I don't think I've known any woman who made me happier or more unhappy. She's the ultimate bitch and the ultimate sex symbol. Nothing in between."
—Russ Meyer, Big Bosoms and Square Jaws
"Edy Williams' range may have been limited as an actress, but within her range she certainly knew all the notes."
—Roger Ebert, commentary track for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
