Big Edie Bouvier Beale

Forgotten Women: Notorious and Notable

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Scaasi, Bella Abzug, Women's History, Grey Gardens, Slidepollajax, Museum of the City of New York, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Jackie Kennedy, Christian Dior, Notorious--Notable-20th-Century-Women-of-Style, Slideshow, Chanel, Style News
Gerit Quealy

The exhibit spotlights women whose 15 minutes of fame weren't quite met -- maybe they got 14, maybe only six or seven -- but whose stories are bright threads in the fabric of women's history.

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Free Flick Fridays: Grey Gardens

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Maysles Brothers, Albert Maysles, Edith Bouvier Beale, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Grey Gardens, Easthampton, David Maysles, Entertainment News
Tribeca Film

Put on your best costume for the day and watch the classic Maysles brothers documentary on Jackie O's relatives, Big Edie and Little Edie Beale. Grey...

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Little Edie's Enduring Legacy

Tanja M. Laden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tanja M. Laden

Most people know Edith Bouvier Beale from the Maysles brothers' captivating 1975 documentary Grey Gardens. Now, Bouvier Beale Jr. brings us even more from Little Edie by publishing her diary.

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Inspiration in Squalor: How I "Rebuilt" Grey Gardens

Michael Sucsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sucsy

Like so many others before and after me, I couldn't turn away from this fascinating mother-daughter duo. The documentary had ended but the spell wasn't broken. I wanted more.

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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