Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Acting1895Nutley, New Jersey, USA

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.

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2017That SummerMovieas Self (archive footage)
2006Albert Maysles: The Poetic EyeMovieas Self (archive footage)
2006The Beales of Grey GardensMovieas Self
1976Grey GardensMovieas Self