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      • In 2012, Kennedy appeared in a documentary about her life, directed by her youngest child, daughter Rory. The documentary, entitled Ethel, covers Kennedy's early political involvement, her life with Robert F. Kennedy, and the years following his death when she raised eleven children on her own.
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  2. Oct 17, 2012 · A New Documentary Explores the Life of Ethel Kennedy by Her Filmmaker Daughter. Bobby Kennedy's famously reticent widow, Ethel, cracks wise and wickedly funny in a documentary by her youngest...

    • Who Is Ethel Kennedy?
    • Background
    • Marriage to Robert Kennedy
    • Public Life and Politics
    • Tragic Assassination
    • Personal Life and Documentary

    Ethel Kennedy met Robert F. Kennedy, known as Bobby, in 1945 and the two married in 1950. The couple eventually had eleven children, with Ethel taking on the role of party host at the family's large Virginia home. John F. Kennedywas elected president in 1960, appointing brother Bobby U.S. attorney general. Bobby was assassinated eight years later, ...

    Known as a political matriarch and the wife of U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy, Ethel Skakel was born in 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents George and Ann Skakel. Her father had worked his way up from being a railroad clerk, earning a meager wage, to eventually co-owning the prosperous Great Lakes Coal & Coke Co., a business launched in 1919. As a ...

    After she graduated in June 1949, Robert and Ethel's relationship grew serious. The couple became engaged in February 1950, and were married on June 17, 1950. As newlyweds they moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where they lived until Bobby finished his last year at the University of Virginia Law School. Afterwards the family settled in Washington...

    While her husband climbed the political ladder in Washington, Ethel battled personal tragedy when both her parents were killed in a 1955 private plane crash. But Ethel, known for her bubbly and vivacious spirit, publicly showed little of her grief. Instead, she poured herself into taking care of her growing family — and helping her husband and in-l...

    Like his brother, Robert decided to enter the presidential race. Determined to win the 1968 election, Ethel and the rest of the Kennedy family geared up for the campaign trail. Ethel, three months pregnant with their 11th child, was again by Robert's side. But in that same year, 1968, immediately after he won the California Democratic primary, Robe...

    Ethel's deep friendship with singer Andy Williams — who began to escort her to events after her husband's death — was scrutinized over time by media outlets. Many speculated about Williams' own rocky marriage and believed that he was having an affair. Williams and his wife would later divorce and he remarried another woman. In the end, with rumors ...

  3. In 2012, Kennedy appeared in a documentary about her life, directed by her youngest child, daughter Rory. The documentary, entitled Ethel , covers Kennedy's early political involvement, her life with Robert F. Kennedy, and the years following his death when she raised eleven children on her own.

  4. Ethel is a feature length documentary about the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, told by those who know Ethel best: her family. Directed by her Emmy-Award winning daughter, Rory Kennedy, the film features candid interviews with Ethel and seven of her children.

  5. Oct 17, 2012 · Oct. 17, 2012. “ Ethel ” is a loving, touching and sometimes mischievous tribute to Ethel Kennedy, 84, by her youngest daughter, Rory Kennedy, a filmmaker. It is presented as a “private look...

  6. Jul 26, 2012 · Film. Life of Ethel Kennedy Reflects Story of America. Olivia Hull. Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 12:45pm. Print. 3 Comments. Ethel Skakel Kennedy declined interviews for more than 35 years. But when her eleventh child, Rory Kennedy, asked her to be the protagonist in a full-length documentary for HBO, she agreed.

  7. Oct 17, 2012 · BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. | In the thick of the presidential campaign, a documentary about a political wife wouldn’t seem to offer respite from the clatter. But that’s exactly what “Ethel,” an...