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Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (née Bouvier; October 5, 1895 – February 5, 1977) was an American socialite and singer known for her reclusive and eccentric lifestyle. Known as Big Edie, she was a sister of John Vernou Bouvier III and an aunt of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and socialite Princess Lee Radziwill.
She is best known for her participation in the 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens, by Albert and David Maysles, (along with her mother, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, with whom she lived).
Apr 2, 2014 · Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie") was an eccentric cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She became a cult figure and fashion icon after her appearance in the documentary 'Grey...
Sep 2, 2020 · Edith Bouvier Beale found fame thanks to the Maysels' documentary, which exposed her life in the crumbling East Hampton mansion where she lived with her mother.
Jan 25, 2002 · Edith Bouvier Beale, once a successful model and aspiring actress who later lived a gothic life in Grey Gardens, a dilapidated 28-room house in East Hampton, N.Y., with her mother and dozens...
Edith Bouvier Beale (Big Edie), David and Albert Maysles, and Edie Beale (Little Edie) during the filming of Grey Gardens; the author's New York Magazine cover story, January 10, 1972.
Feb 7, 1977 · Edith Bouvier Beale, who faded from high society to re‐emerge among the seedy surroundings of a rundown Long Island mansion in the film “Grey Gardens,” died Saturday at Southampton (L.I.)...
May 25, 2018 · There are a few ways to think about Edith Bouvier Beale, the fallen ’30 debutante–turned–head-scarf-wearing aristocratic freak who became a cult figure in “ Grey Gardens ,” the 1975...
Dec 29, 2002 · But as a young woman, Edith Bouvier Beale (known as Little Edie) was possessed of true loveliness, independent of her high birth. And it was very high, indeed. She was a daughter of the famed...
Aug 12, 2008 · His brilliant 1975 film “Grey Gardens,” co-directed by his brother, David, observed the lives of the mother-daughter pair of Little Edie and Big Edie (both were named Edith Bouvier Beale ...
