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Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Actor · 1895–1977 · Nutley, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

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.

Appearances4

2010s

  1. 2017

    That Summer

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2006

    Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye

    Self (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1976