Grey Gardens: A Lil Edie Memory

Little Edie (Edith) and Big Edie Bouvier Beale lived in East Hamptons in a house called Grey Garden. They were the lesser known cousins of Jackie Onassis Kennedy and Lee Radziwell. Once upon a time they were in the highest of social circles but a series of unfortunate events left them penniless and living together in a big ramshackle mansion by the sea. The women never lost their unique character or humor, and they certainly never weakened.

[elizabethtorrales]

I cried when at one point Edie said that she didn't want to spend another winter in that place. She said that a little hole in the wall in Manhattan would've been better than that place. I'm glad that she finally got her wish and is now free. I was so drawn to her and her intelligence and kindness toward that mother. RIP Edie, more people cared about you than you could ever imagine.

[Hay]

Ive watched Grey Gardens four times this week, l love little Eddie, beautiful soul.

[kimwarner]

Watched Grey Gardens for the first time and it was amazing. Funny/quirky/poignant sadness/ desperation/and longing and regret all at one time. All these emotions and feelings go thru you. Being an only child with a clingy fierce mother I really feel Little Edie in my gut😢

[chowchops]

She was not only stunningly beautiful, she was also right about a lot of things.

[Zero_BS_Tolerance]

S-T-A-U-N-C-H !! Oh Edie, we love you so much.

[lynnefalchi]

Poor fascinating creature...so beautiful in her prime! Always remembered..

[bobski]

I don’t know why I find this grey gardens thing fascinating

[zeezeeparker]

Thank you soo much for putting this together. There's quite a few pictures I hadn't seen before. Two of the most unique souls to walk this earth. Still it's hard to wrap your mind around how they ended up. I never get tired of seeing them. Such wonderful characters. 💖

[Toots]

funny how relatable they are, very human & yet they were clearly of an elevated background, perhaps bloodline

[sandrakenney]

She was beautiful when she was young. Rest in Peace To Both of them and her Cousin Jackie. Hopefully shes happy and in a good place and with people she loved. GodBless me to you Edie.🙏Amen❤

[BamaFan-vcgn]

Edie seems to have suffered a nervous breakdown from which she never recovered. I could never prove it but I believe that it had something to do with her stalked moral catholic background that she nor anyone could ever live up to. I've got a feeling that when she took all for New York and tried to live her life she made it he mistakes that her mother never let her forget and rejected her on some level. Don't ask me how I know this but I've seen it happened before. So very sad because she was a lovely young woman with so much promise and hope.

[debszakormos]

The Gray gardens documentary by filmmaker maysles brothers is fascinating. Edie was smart, intelligent, whitty, fun, jaw-dropping beautiful In her youth.
A Restrictive father also ruled her mother, they smothered Edie's future to live freely, speak freely, and find love from her many suitors. What she might have become ☹️. Imho, she lapsed into a complicated, devoted, mother/ daughter Stockholm Syndrome-esque existence. 🙄🐦 RIP 🙏

[Lifewithpersians]

Little Edie was so stunning but it seems like her parents destroyed her sense of worth. Very sad.

[thirty]

Watching her young pictures I always have thought that she looked like a model.

[yvonneplant]

The film made about them, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, is also worth a look. 🎉

[michelejordan]

So beautiful! I wish she would have married and lived a wonderful life. Her mother as abusive and mentally ill.

[kila]

I think part of little Edie’s problem was that she was sexually assaulted by her uncle, Jackie and Lees father.

[sallyclay]

They were interesting, in that they came from an aristocratic background. Edie looked alot like Jackie. I'm happy they got saved from the poverty, they endeared in that house, towards the end of their natural lives.