Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1895
Birthplace
Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Died
February 5, 1977 (aged 81)
Biography
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (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 highlighted in the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.
Best known work
Grey Gardens
1976
The Beales of Grey Gardens
2006
That Summer
2017
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
2006Filmography
2017
That Summeras Self (archive footage)
2006
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eyeas Self (archive footage)
2006
The Beales of Grey Gardensas Self
1976
Grey Gardensas Self