Who is Little Edie Beale

Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 - ca. January 9, 2002) 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," one of the subjects of the documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles detailing life at the East Hampton home.

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (October 5, 1895 - February 5, 1977), aunt of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, was an American amateur singer known for her eccentric lifestyle. Her life and relationship with her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale were highlighted in the documentary Grey Gardens.

Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, with Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of the two Edith Beales, a reclusive socialite mother and daughter of the same name who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.