Edith Bouvier Beale (7 November 1917 – circa 9 January 2002), American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, and became widely known for her participation in the 1975 independent documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles. "Little Edie", a famously "staunch character", has become a beloved and legendary cult figure. These are some images from her seemingly charmed youth, most more than thirty…

Grey Gardens. Little Edie.

Grey Gardens was the Hamptons home once owned by eccentric relatives of Jacqueline...

Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie") was an eccentric cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She became a cult figure and fashion icon after her appearance in the documentary 'Grey Gardens.'

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.

Andy Warhol. "Little" Edie Beale, 1978 #polaroid #photograph #photography

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

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…

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' cousin was once a socialite in her own right: Edith Bouvier Beale. Let's dive into Beale's eccentric life and how she found fame.