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Mother and daughter - Big Edie and Little Edie Beale - live with six cats in a crumbling house in East Hampton. Little Edie, in her 50s, who wears scarves and bright colors, sings, mugs for the camera, and talks to Al and David Maysles, the filmmakers. Big Edie, in her 70s, recites poetry, comments on her daughter's behavior, and sings "If I Loved You" in fine voice. She talks in short sentences; her daughter in volumes. The film is episodic: friends visit, there's a small fire in the house, Little Edie goes to the shore and swims. She talks about the Catholic Church. She's ashamed that local authorities raided the house because of all the cats. She values being different.

Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens Collection

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Starring: Edith Bouvier Beale, Albert Maysles

Released: July 21, 2006

Runtime: 90.0

Popularity Rating: 0.641

Maysles Films

United States of America

Herself Edith Bouvier Beale
Himself Albert Maysles
Himself David Maysles
Himself Jerry Torre
Herself Lois Wright

Directing — Director: Albert Maysles
Directing — Director: David Maysles
Production — Producer: Kim Hendrickson