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| Edie Stokes (Veronica Redd), meeting George for the first time since transitioning. | ||||
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| Gender: | Female | |||
| Nationality | American | |||
| Character description: |
Old transgender Navy buddy of George who arrives in town, and arouses the suspicion that George is having an affair in Louise and Florence | |||
| Character information | ||||
| Appeared on: | The Jeffersons | |||
| Episodes appeared in: | "Once a Friend" (Season 4) | |||
| Character played by: | Veronica Redd | |||
Edith "Edie" Stokes, born Eddie Stokes, is a transgender character who appears in the Season 4 episode of The Jeffersons titled "Once a Friend". The part of Edie is played in the episode by Veronica Redd.
Biography[]
Edie, before her transition, served in the Korean War with George Jefferson for two years, and was his close friend and bunkmate. During this time, unbeknownst to anybody else, she struggled with gender dysphoria, later saying "Everything about me was a woman, except for the way I looked".
Sometime after her service, Edie underwent sex reassignment surgery and socially transitioned into living as a woman, losing most of her friends in the process.
In the Season 4 episode "Once a Friend", Edie comes to New York after not speaking with George since they served together, and comes out to him. George is unaccepting at first, but warms up to her slightly by the end of the episode.