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Grey Gardens became a cult film in the '70s, when mavericks and outsiders were the heroes and heroines and the Beales were valued for their alternative world and their priceless eccentricity.
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Grey Gardens
She was the girl who had everything - Money, good looks and social position. Her mother - a classic Bouvier beauty. Now they are living amongst the souvenirs of their lives. In Grey Gardens. This is their story. A love story. Sort of.
1976 · 1h 35m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Muffie Meyer
,
Albert Maysles
,
David Maysles
,
Ellen Hovde
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Grey Gardens
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.
Director and cast
- Muffie Meyer Director
- Albert Maysles Director
- David Maysles Director
- Ellen Hovde Director
- Edith Bouvier Beale as Self
- Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale as Self
- Brooks Hyers as Self
- Norman Vincent Peale as Self
- Jack Helmuth as Self (uncredited)
- Albert Maysles as Self (uncredited)
- David Maysles as Self (uncredited)
- Jerry Torre as Self (uncredited)
- Lois Wright as Self (uncredited)
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