Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 - ca. January 9, 2002) was an American socialite. 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. Arresting in her dress, and entertaining in her speech, Edie has become a cult star. She and her mother, Edith Ewing Bouvier referred to as "Big Edie", were very quotable.

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (October 5, 1895 ? February 5, 1977), aunt of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, made world headlines for the deplorable conditions of her mansion and eccentric relationship with her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale that was highlighted in the documentary Grey Gardens.

She was the daughter of John Vernou Bouvier, Jr. and Maude Sergeant Bouvier (the paternal grandparents of the First Lady).

She pursued an amateur singing career and married lawyer/financier Phelan Beale. They had three children, including two boys (Phelan Beale, Jr., and Bouvier Beale). Their daughter Edith (who was referred to as "Little Edie") was born on November 7, 1917. The Beales separated in 1931 when Little Edie was 14, with "Big Edie" getting the 28-room Grey Gardens mansion on Lily Pond Lane in the Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, a block from the Atlantic Ocean.

In the 1970s, the First Lady's sister Lee Radziwill discussed creating a documentary with Albert and David Maysles...

Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by the direction/cinematography/editing team of Albert and David Maysles, Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of two women who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit 28-room mansion at 3 West End Avenue in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.