Grey Gardens Edie

Playbill november 3 2006.

Grey gardens edie. The lives of edith bouvier beale and her daughter edith aunt and cousin of jacqueline kennedy onassis. Edie inherited grey gardens from her mother but little else she nor her mother ever received a penny from the grey gardens documentary. New republic october 12 2004.

Little edie spent the next two years readying grey gardens to sell. Directed by michael sucsy. Edith bouvier beale big edie david and albert maysles and edie beale little edie during the filming of grey gardens.

In order to pay the real estate and inheritance taxes on the house she auctioned a large collection of sterling silver pieces including a 195 piece set of gorham flatware given to her mother as a wedding. She was a first cousin of jacqueline onassis and lee bouvier radziwill she is best known for her participation along with her mother with whom she lived in the 1975 documentary film grey gardens by albert and david maysles. With edith bouvier beale edith little edie bouvier beale brooks hyers.

Grey gardens official. The official brand for grey gardens and edith bouvier beale s legacy created by eva marie and bouvier beale with their daughters tatiana and maria little edie s grand nieces. An old mother and her middle aged daughter the aunt and cousin of jacqueline kennedy live their eccentric lives in a filthy decaying mansion in east hampton.

Edith bouvier beale november 7 1917 january 14 2002 nicknamed little edie was an american socialite fashion model and cabaret performer. Some additional articles about the beales. Theater talk march 16 2007.

Finally after big edie s death in 1977 she was able to sell the mansion one of her mother s dying wishes was that little edie not leave grey gardens unless the new buyers promised not to. With drew barrymore jessica lange jeanne tripplehorn ken howard. Grey gardens was directed by albert and david maysles ellen hovde and muffie meyer and follows the day to day lives of edith ewing bouvier beale big edie and her daughter edith bouvier beale little edie who were part of the upper class being the aunt and first council of the former first lady jackie kennedy.