Little Edie at Grey Gardens, in a still from the documentary. Over the following two decades she’d sell her famous home, relocate to New York City, and live in Florida, Canada, and... When the cult documentary Grey Gardens came out in 1975, “Little” Edie Beale captivated the world. Though she was once the height of New York society, the film revealed just how far Edie had fallen. All those debutante balls were long behind her, and she was now living in utter squalor alongside her mother, “Big” Edie. In July 1952, Beale's daughter Edith (known as "Little Edie") [5] returned after five years in Manhattan to live permanently at Grey Gardens. [10] In October 1971, police raided Grey Gardens and found the house "full of litter, rife with the odor of.
In July 1952, Beale's daughter Edith (known as "Little Edie") [5] returned after five years in Manhattan to live permanently at Grey Gardens. [10] In October 1971, police raided Grey Gardens and found the house "full of litter, rife with the odor of. In 1917, she married attorney Phelan Beale and gave birth to her first child, a daughter named little Edie, that same year. Edie had two more children, sons, in 1920 and 1922. With three children, she placed her singing career on a back burner. Edie lived proudly in abject poverty and filth amongst cats and raccoons at the crumbling manor until her mother passed away in 1977. Edie inherited Grey Gardens from her mother, but little else (she, nor her mother, ever received a penny from the Grey Gardens documentary). An impossibly intimate portrait, this cult 1976 documentary by Albert and David Maysles, co-directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer established Little Edie as a fashion icon and... Edith Bouvier Beale, also known as Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was the cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy, and she gained fame through the 1975 documentary film "Grey Gardens" by Albert and David Maysles.
Edie lived proudly in abject poverty and filth amongst cats and raccoons at the crumbling manor until her mother passed away in 1977. Edie inherited Grey Gardens from her mother, but little else (she, nor her mother, ever received a penny from the Grey Gardens documentary). An impossibly intimate portrait, this cult 1976 documentary by Albert and David Maysles, co-directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer established Little Edie as a fashion icon and... Edith Bouvier Beale, also known as Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was the cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy, and she gained fame through the 1975 documentary film "Grey Gardens" by Albert and David Maysles. Edith Bouvier Beale, commonly known as " Little Edie," was an American socialite and cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In this article, we explore the life of Edith Bouvier Beale, an enigmatic figure whose struggles with mental health captivated public attention.