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Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – c. January 14, 2002), nicknamed Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and 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 ...
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.Her life and relationship with her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale was ...
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 Gardens.'
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 of ...
Dec 29, 2002 · David Rakoff pays tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale, who died in 2002; Beale was born to high society but ended up eccentric and alone, living in filth in New York City; photo (M)
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. She found fulfillment, however, in ...
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 ...
Aug 12, 2008 · Albert Maysles can’t stop making documentaries about the enigmatic women of Grey Gardens, which is fine. His brilliant 1975 film “Grey Gardens,” co-directed by his brother, David, observed ...
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 ...
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. Photo ...
