Edith Bouvier Beale | |
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![]() Beale c. 1975, in front of the Grey Gardens estate. Photo by Herb Goro during the filming of Grey Gardens (1976) | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | November 7, 1917
Died | c. January 14, 2002[a] Bal Harbour, Florida, U.S. | (aged 84)
Resting place | Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Little Edie |
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Known for | Grey Gardens |
Parent(s) | Phelan Beale Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale |
Relatives | Phelan Beale Jr. (brother) Bouvier Beale (brother) Jacqueline Onassis (cousin) |
Family | Bouvier family |
Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – c. January 14, 2002), nicknamed Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill. She is best known for her participation in the 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens, by Albert and David Maysles, (along with her mother, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, with whom she lived).[1]
Edith Bouvier Beale, once a successful model and aspiring actress who later lived a Gothic life in Grey Gardens, a dilapidated 28-room house in East Hampton, New York, with her mother and dozens of cats, raccoons, and opossums, was found dead in her small apartment in Bal Harbour, Florida, on January 14. She was 84. Her nephew Bouvier Beale Jr. said the Dade County coroner attributed the death to a heart attack or stroke resulting from arteriosclerosis. Her cousin John H. Davis said she appeared to have been dead for five days.
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