[1] Edith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Charles Skouras and Florence Souders.
The family spent time in Missouri, where Charles and his brothers built a theater business and Edith attended Hosmer Hall.
After the extended family moved further west, her father eventually became head of Fox West Coast Theaters, which he ran with Edith's uncles.
[2] Edith married Jack Jungmeyer Jr., an assistant film producer at 20th Century Fox, in 1938.
[2][3][4] She died in Santa Barbara, California, in 2015.