Edith Bouvier Beale

Edith Bouvier Beale was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. She is best known as Little Edie, and became widely known for her participation in the 1975 independent documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles.

Beale was born in New York City, the only daughter of Phelan Beale, a lawyer, and the former Edith Ewing Bouvier . She was born at 917 Madison Avenue . She had two brothers, Phelan Beale, Jr. and Bouvier Beale, and had a privileged upbringing and gilded youth. Beale attended The Spence School and graduated from Miss Porters School in 1935. She was a member of the Maidstone Country Club of East Hampton. She had her debut at the Pierre Hotel on New Years Day 1936. The New York Times reported on the event, where she wore a gown of white net appliqued in silver and a wreath of gardenias in her hair.

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