Trivia

First cousin of Neil Sedaka and Helene Sedaka.

Worked at the United Nations due to her fluency in Spanish.

She and husband Steve Lawrence retired from performing for a time, distraught over the early death of one of their sons. They eventually returned to the limelight but at a slower pace.

She and husband Steve Lawrence were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Best known for her 1963 Grammy Award-nominated song "Blame it on the Bossa Nova".

Her son, Michael Lawrence, died of heart failure in 1986.

Eydie was considered for the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway show "Funny Girl" but turned it down when the producers would not cast husband, Steve Lawrence, in the part of "Nicky Arnstein". Later came Barbra Streisand and the rest is history.

Was a high school classmate of Stanley Kubrick.

Her father, Nessim Gormezano, was a Sicilian tailor who changed his name upon his arrival in the United States.

She was born on the same day as actress and singer Ann Blyth.

Mother, with Steve Lawrence, of David Lawrence and Michael Lawrence.

Her mother was Turkish.

Graduated from William Howard Taft High School in The Bronx, New York City in 1946.

Is portrayed by Debbie Shapiro Gravitte in Isn't She Great (2000)

Her publicist was Howard Bragman.

Second cousin of Dara Sedaka and Marc Sedaka.

Edie the seal from Willa's Wild Life is named after her.

She is entombed inside a crypt next to her husband, Steve Lawrence, at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California within its Court of Isaiah Mausoleum.