Edith beale

In Göran Hugo Olsson’s new documentary, That Summer, never-before-seen footage of Big and Little Edie reveals their contradictions and eccentricities—and the woman who brought them out of the shadows.

A 1976 documentary looked behind the doors of a decrepit mansion and found two staunch characters inside, a mother/daughter pair of faded ...

Grey Gardens. Little Edie.

Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot. An impossibly intimate portrait, this 1976 documentary by Albert and David Maysles, codirected by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and…

Edith Bouvier Beale found fame thanks to the Maysles' documentary. She found fulfillment, however, in the unexpected and utterly unique years that came next. Inside the untold story of Jackie Kennedy's most unusual relative and her incredible second act. #greygardens #littleedie #ediebeale #edithbouvierbeale #jackiekennedy #feature #leeradziwill #verytandc

1972 - The dining room – with all the accumulated cans of cat food. Notice the assistant holding up the drapes on the left. Probably holding his nose too!

Little Edie

A restored, 40th anniversary version of the documentary provides a perfect excuse to revisit our favorite family tragicomedy.