Grey Gardens (1976)

7.3/10 95 min Documentary

Overview

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Cast

Edith Bouvier Beale

Self

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Self

Albert Maysles

Self (uncredited)

David Maysles

Self (uncredited)

Jerry Torre

Self (uncredited)

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