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More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In , documentary filmmaking brothers Albert Maysles and David Maysles decide to change the focus of their latest project from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to her aunt and older cousin, mother and daughter Edith Bouvier Beale - called Big Edie - and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale , who were found living in squalor and isolation in the longtime family mansion, Grey Gardens, in East Hampton, New York.

Through flashbacks starting in , the path mother and daughter take from their socialite past to the time that the Mayles brothers show their completed film is shown.

Big Edie saw herself as a singer, first and foremost. Mother and father also controlled Little Edie's life, they who wanted her to stay at Grey Gardens rather than pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer and actress in New York City.

Phelan and Big Edie's eventual divorce, Little Edie's ill-fated relationship with Cap Krug in New York City, Big Edie's failing health, the pressure Little Edie faced to care for her mother, and a dwindling trust, which is used to maintain a life at Grey Gardens, slowly transform the lives of mother and daughter over the four decades. Mother and daughter agree to be the subjects of the documentary film in an effort to regain their past careers and glories, which never really materialized in their younger days.

True glamour never fades. Did you know Edit. He suggested Ethel Barrymore , Drew Barrymore 's great-aunt, who died in Quotes Phelan Beale : Damn Ganymede. Crazy credits At the end of the credits, where the American Humane Society's traditional credit is displayed, Little Edie's voice adds "No animals were harmed in the making of this movie.

User reviews 57 Review. Top review. Having seen the documentary about Edith and Edie Beale, I was absolutely blown away by the exacting performances--especially Drew Barrymore. I noticed a few comments dissing the film and it's rather obvious these people don't know the storyline. I knew Lange could act but Drew perhaps has certainly lived up to her family lineage!!! Take it for what it's worth: this is a non-fiction account of a most dysfunctional family, parental control, character disorders, being a victim, and reluctant realization of unfulfilled dreams.

Little Edie, with all her psychiatric shades, is accurately portrayed by Drew Barrymore. Jessica Lange as the spoiled, controlling mother, sort of sums it all up by telling her daughter that she's not easily likable or attractive with " Yet, the bizarre paradox of their relationship is simple. They don't weaken, no matter what. Sign In. Play trailer Documentary Comedy Drama. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Re-release Trailer. Grey Gardens. Photos Top cast Edit.

Edith Bouvier Beale Self as Self. Norman Vincent Peale Self as Self voice. Albert Maysles Self as Self uncredited. David Maysles Self as Self uncredited. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton. Edith is dry and quick-witted - a singer, married but later separated, a member of high society. Edie is voluble, dresses - as she puts it - for combat in tight ensembles that include scarves wrapped around her head.

There are hints that Edie came home 24 years before to be cared for rather than to care for her mother. The Edies, a mother-daughter pair whose deep eccentricity—and the squalor of their life in a crumbling East Hampton mansion—made Grey Gardens such a hit, were no more.

She never stopped moving. Her father, Phelan Beale, left Big Edie in the s and provided scant financial support. In , after years spent modeling and pursuing show business fame in New York City, Little Edie returned home at age 34 and spent the next 25 years living in relative isolation with her mother, a large pack of cats, and the occasional raccoon, their formerly grand home decaying around them.

The Beales became notorious in when a police raid uncovered a high level of squalor and the county health department threatened them with eviction.

It was reported at the time that Jackie and her sister Lee Radziwill contributed thousands of dollars that allowed the Beales to fix up the home and pay off some back taxes.

In one scene Big Edie looks longingly at her wedding portrait, years after her husband left her destitute. Little Edie won many fans through her sharp wit, propensity for dance routines, and a unique wardrobe consisting of turbans and cardigans worn as skirts "the best costume for the day," as she put it. The gay community, in particular, embraced her and provided her with friends for the rest of her life. Grey Gardens was a critical success and became a documentary classic.

But Pam Beale, who met Edie in when Pam married Edie's nephew Chris, believes what the film misses is just how much the Beales were suffering. You have no idea how poor they were. Big Edie died in Little Edie spent the next two years readying Grey Gardens to sell. The location would have made it a prime property for a teardown, but she insisted on finding a buyer that would maintain the integrity of the decrepit home.

We'll tear the house down, we'll get an architect, this and that. Quinn was shocked by what she saw when she first visited. I mean the smell was just grotesque. There's just no way to describe how horrible it was. There was something so heartbreaking about her. After leaving the house, Edie moved into the coach house of a friend in nearby Southampton. Writer and former real estate agent Michael Braverman, who became friends with Edie at this time, saw her experience a profound reawakening at age Braverman helped shepherd her into the social scene of the Hamptons.

She went wild. We finally kind of quietly gave her the whole tin of caviar. Their friendship would continue for years. The friendships she was building and rekindling at this time were instrumental in her stepping out into a new life.

Susan Froemke, a Grey Gardens producer, invited Edie to a party at her Hamptons home after the death of her mother. I want to be a cabaret singer. One of the people there who worked for Maysles' films knew the people who owned and ran Reno Sweeney. After about a year in the Southampton home, where she resided with a few cats, she was able to relocate into the city.