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The Real Women of 'Grey Gardens'

"Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Beale at Home at Grey Gardens

"Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Beale at Home at Grey Gardens

Edith Bouvier Beale (1895-1977) and her namesake daughter (1917-2002), aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, are seen in the bedroom they share in the dilapidated East Hampton mansion called Grey Gardens in 1975, the year that the documentary of that title makes them famous.

In this photo: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale

Photo: Tom Wargacki/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1975