Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale


Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale was an American socialite and amateur singer, known for her eccentric lifestyle. She was a sister of John Black Jack Bouvier, the father of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Her life and relationship with her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale were highlighted in the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.

Beale pursued an amateur singing career and in 1917 married lawyerfinancier Phelan Beale in a lavish ceremony at St. Patricks Cathedral, New York. The couple lived at 987 Madison Avenue . They had three children daughter Edith , born November 7, 1917, and two sons .

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