Grey Gardens Little Edie

Playbill november 3 2006.

Grey gardens little edie. 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. In 1952 at the age of 35 little edie went back to grey gardens and remained there for the next 20 years. The author s new york magazine cover story january 10 1972.

Edith ewing bouvier beale 1895 1977 known as big edie and her daughter edith bouvier beale 1917 2002 known as little edie were the aunt and the first cousin respectively of former us first lady jacqueline kennedy onassis the two women lived together at the grey gardens estate for decades with limited funds in increasing squalor and isolation. Grey gardens official. New republic october 12 2004.

Theater talk march 16 2007. Some additional articles about the beales. Edie inherited grey gardens from her mother but little else she nor her mother ever received a penny from the grey gardens documentary.

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. Little edie s military flag dance from grey gardens 1975. 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.

Little edie spent the next two years readying grey gardens to sell. Edith bouvier beale november 7 1917 january 14 2002 nicknamed little edie was an american socialite fashion model and cabaret performer. The location would have made it a prime property for a teardown but she insisted on finding a buyer that would maintain the.

Little edie claimed that her grandfather left 65 000 in trust for big edie but her uncle jack bouvier jackie kennedy s father invested the money for his daughters while his sister received only 300 a month.