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Little Edie: “There are some nice people in the world, you know, I just don’t happen to be related to any of them.” Big Edie: “The cat’s going to the bathroom right in back …

Bargain hunters and lovers of cult films queued out the door of infamous Long Island home Grey Gardens on Friday, eager to snap up goods once owned by bizarre hermits 'Big Edie' and 'Little Edie' Beale.

How 'Grey Gardens' Was Restored to Its Squalid Glory (and Why You Need to See It)

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful mansion built in the Hamptons called Grey Gardens. Grey Gardens got its name from the cement garden walls, the color of the dunes and the sea mist. Grey Gardens would become notorious for its eccentric mother and daughter inhabitants, Big Edie and Little Edie Beale, after a series of twists and turns, brought them cult status and notoriety. A reverse story of riches to rags with celebrity relatives always makes for a great tale. A14 room shingle style…

The new owners say they are committed to preserving the property and "don’t even want it to look like a new paint job was done."

We recently saw the new Broadway production of Grey Gardens, which opens Thursday night, and, without stepping on the formidably critical toes of our esteemed colleague Jeremy McCarter, we should say we liked it quite a lot. But we're also forced to confess we'd never seen the famous 1975 Maysles brothers documentary of the same name, which brought the detailed Hamptons Gothic of Big and Little Edie Beale's existence to a popular audience, and which subsequently became a cult — and camp —…

The highly anticipated HBO movie Grey Gardens—based on the 1975 documentary of the same name—will be blossoming onto TV screens on April 18. Vivian Baker

The Maysles brothers’ 1975 documentary about “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale – ageing, isolated relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis – has become a cultural phenomenon, with a musical and a TV film reconstruction already produced. Here are a selection of photographs from the celebrated film

The Bouvier family is most famous for producing one of America’s most influential socialites and First Ladies: Jacqueline Lee (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis, the wife of President John F. Kennedy. However, their legacy also includes the sad tale of the daughter of a great house being reduced to poverty and misery. Edith Bouvier Beale, aunt to ...

The Bouvier family is most famous for producing one of America’s most influential socialites and First Ladies: Jacqueline Lee (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis, the wife of President John F. Kennedy. However, their legacy also includes the sad tale of the daughter of a great house being reduced to poverty and misery. Edith Bouvier Beale, aunt to ...