Actor info
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Name :
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
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Born :
October 5, 1895 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA (81 years at death)
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Died :
February 5, 1977
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
4 films (1976–2017)
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Also known as :
Big Edie
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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.
Notable films
- That Summer (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) as Self
- Grey Gardens (1976) as Self
