Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens

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.

7.3(235 votes)
1976
1h 35m
Documentary

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.

Production

Portrait Films, Maysles Films

Cast

Edith Bouvier Beale

Edith Bouvier Beale

Self

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

Self

Brooks Hyers

Brooks Hyers

Self

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

Self

Jack Helmuth

Jack Helmuth

Self (uncredited)

Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles

Self (uncredited)

David Maysles

David Maysles

Self (uncredited)

Jerry Torre

Jerry Torre

Self (uncredited)

Lois Wright

Lois Wright

Self (uncredited)

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