Parting the curtains at Grey Gardens
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- The Hamptons mansion known as Grey Gardens has a complicated and notorious past. Made famous by a 1975 documentary about its eccentric residents - relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - it had fallen into disrepair, until it was saved and restored to glory by journalist Sally Quinn. Lee Cowan takes us on a tour.
Little Edie would absolutely love that her and Big Edie’s lives were turned into a movie, a play, a FB fan page with thousands of fans and several more documentaries. Wish they were here to see how loved they are.
They were women in crisis.
Feminism ruined their lives. They went against their families wishes, and dishonored them.
@@RocketmanRockyMatrixoh shut up 🙄
They were absolutely amazing ladies ❤
Wonderful to see it redone rather than torn down
Then And Now: Grey Gardens th-cam.com/video/1PAWUHeoAas/w-d-xo.html
Yes! It is fabulous now. They did a wonderful job. There was so much work to do!!
The new owners have said it still smell of cat urine at times.
I completely agree with you. This is why I appreciate the East coast like NYC so much more than the west coast. Many people respect and cherish homes and buildings that were built many decades ago. On the west coast they just rather tear them down and rebuild which is so sad. Like what's happening now with Marilyn Monroe old Brentwood home. The new owners want to tear it down and rebuild but it's gone to court which I was happy to hear.
I don't know why I am so captivated by these two but I am The range of emotions they can take you to is amazing for me What a life they lived
I can totally agree with you , I first watched the film with drew barrymore when it aired on TV around 2009/2010 and wanted to learn so much more I have since watched the original gray gardens documentary about 3 or 4 times now and amazes me still everytime
If they lived in a trailer you wouldn't think twice about them.
No one mentions how the mother kind of (unintentionally) mentally abused her. At least that was the impression I got from the Jessica Lange/Drew Barrymore film and watching documentaries on The Edie's. Like a form of guilt and brainwash. Little Edie seemed to have so much hope in the beginning, but being her mothers daughter, pretty much turned into her mother, in the long run. I dont think her mother meant to do it or that Little Edie even she saw herself as abused, but in the end of the day her mother putting burdens/guilt/and scare tactics on her, must have done alot to her mentally and emotionally. Well obviously, it surely did. The mother was mentally ill and wouldn't let go of her "grandiose" even while living in filth. She wanted to still be known as "the rich lady living at Grey Gardens",before she would ever live more comfortably in a little NYC apartment. The mother was very sick from what I've seen and passed it all onto her daughter.
Yes, I mentioned your observation, which is spot on, in another place. I think because of little Edie's previous experience living in their real world as a model, and cabaret performer saved her sanity to some degree. I think big Edie was aware of little Edie's generous spirit and took advantage of her.
Isn’t that how most rich mothers treated their children at that time?
One of the most captivating docs. The movie with Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore was fabulous. They nailed their characters.
Yes they did
there something sad an emotional about this amazing documentry.. iv watch it so many times.
John Keyes watch the Barrymore Lange version. Brings me to tears every time.
Lynda Anthony ok thanks I will
Agree
Me too.
@@emilinebelle7811 I have uploaded "That Summer" in full if you would like to watch it
I saw the original Grey Gardens documentary about 35 years ago at the Bleeker St Cinema in Greenwich Village. It left a such lasting impression that I often thought of the Beale's. Yes, they were eccentric but even though in my opinion their family treated them horribly they were kind, gracious and generous to the people and animals who shared Grey Gardens. What more can be said?
Briney Foster - You said it all ! Big & Little Edie are fascinating, brilliantly witty and genuine. They are my heroes.
@@fischerpilne Then you really need to broaden your horizons.
I saw the original Grey Gardens in Baltimore Maryland back in the seventies, it was very sad.
Their pocketbook were empty, but their hearts were good. In the end though, they were rewarded.
Going into entertainment is frowned upon in their family. So they got cut off.
Reminds me somewhat of Sunset Boulevard, reliving the glories of a dead past in the mind, the present day fantasies of a sumptuous bygone time, where the fantastic memories push away the banalities of everyday chores.
VERY much!
True
Wow she bought the house for $250,000 in 1975 and now is worth over 20 million dollars!! I just love how she restored everything back the way it was!!
That’s quite the investment! Beautiful house! I would probably keep it in my family & not sell.
Absolutely gorgeous. So glad the home and history is saved. Loved Big Edie's voice and adore Little Edie's personality and style. How I would have loved to have met them.
Wow! This house has so much history behind and it’s quite wonderful how beautiful restored it has been.
*The documentary “Grey Gardens” was fantastic. They were an interesting pair & their story is so intriguing. I’d love to see more on them but haven’t been able to find anything more than the original documentary. So glad Little Edie got to live her own life for awhile but I find it incredibly sad that she didn’t get to see Grey Gardens restored to its former glory before her death.*
Look for "That Summer". The entire film is on TH-cam (in 10 minute segments). It was filmed before Grey Gardens, though not released until 2016.
There's another documentary, The Beales of Grey Gardens, made up of leftover footage from the first documentary. Criterion Collection has it to sell.
There's also lee radziwills footage from 1971 when she first brought the Maysles brothers there and she was trying to clean up the home but she wasn't happy with the footage at the time so she scrapped it and then it was finally released in 2017 ... it is called That Summer
I loved the Drew Barrymore/Jessica Lange film, it introduced me to Grey Gardens. It is quite good, especially the ending where Little Edie gets a standing ovation at the documentary's premier. RIP Little Edie.
Did she really get a standing ovation or was it just for the movie?
I think in the commentary they mentioned it happening for real. The part where Little Edie throws roses at the audience definitely happened.
i loved it too
You should watch, Documentary Now, spoof of Grey Gardens-- it's really good.
I wish there was a picture of little Edie when she was older, I've looked on line and couldn't find one. She had a special poise about her.
So glad someone respected that home enough to restore it! It is a true gem!
Sally and Ben are the saviors of Grey Gardens. Another extraordinary couple .
Liberal elite dipshits is more like it.
TheTourmaline57 They saved the physical house. Just wish anyone had cared even half as much about the lives of the two Edies.
Sally Quinn is a story herself. She admits to practicing witchcraft and putting curses on 3 unnamed individuals. All 3 died. She says she finally stopped after her son was born with brain issues and her brother advised her to stop with the Witchcraft.
Some saviors, tourmaline. And I’m fairly certain her husband was no savior either.
Today Commemorates Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale's 100th Birthday
jc6594 happy birthday to those cute little ladies💍💄
There are those of us who see hope in an old decaying house. Restoration is a journey of immense emotional fulfillment. It's a kind of love affair....
that was nice how Edie stayed with her mom......😿
It seemed that nothing could touch them , like if all this squalor just didn't exist . Amazing .
Nasus Mondragon as with indomitable Scarlett...tomorrow is another day... they lived for that dream..
and a sign of mental illness.
They should have mentioned the one with Fred arimsen and bill hader!!!
Documentary Now! Omg it's so funny! "Its cuz you stomp!!" when Hader falls through the ceiling!! LOL
Joanna Gallegos - Hader & Armisen nailed it! Brilliant !
Sandy passages
AcousticGString YOU GOT FLOOR IN MY LIMA BEANS!
Haha, I loved that version! Was very funny indeed!
To remain yourself, whatever that is, in the midst of such is quite the feat. Speaks volumes!
I quit watching television when I was 14, in 1968. I never heard of this place or the two fine ladies who lived there until last fall when I came upon this great documentary just by coincidence while surfing around TH-cam. It was very special for me to see how a daughter and Mother were so loving to each other. They argued, but still, a great love was there. I wonder what little Edie did after her mother transcended, and after she sold the house, the time period before she left for Florida. I suppose she had relatives down there and wonder how she did down there too. I even dreamed of little Edie a few nights ago... we were dancing, a most pleasant dream, and I could hear her mother's voice. I returned home to care for my mother (my father too although he lived 4 miles away as they had divorced), so "Gray Gardens" especially had its impact on me. I dream sometimes of my mother too, and rarely my father. In my dreams I have heard my mother's voice too, and in one dream we too danced. I returned here now with "Gray Gardens" to what I'm discovering to be more about the Edies and experience parts I did not see before like this great story too in how this couple bought it and the amazing transformation. I wonder how much of it Edie saw? I was in tears, and in rivers of them after my mother transcended, the times before the moment when I last drove away from the old home where I'd been with my mother, and after six garage sales that spanned two summers. I have to laugh too as one lady seeing me in town grocery shopping said, "Oh! Are you going to open your store again this summer?" ha! Even a guy who worked at the landfill saw me and right away had to tell me when the next free day was coming to bring any more paint or hazardous waste ha! I knew I could never return, and every time I drove by I had to look away at the beautiful forest across the road. I heard that last year, or maybe not yet, the landlord was going to have the home burned, and the outbuildings, all for practice for the fire department, so sad, such a beautiful place well over 100 yrs old, and the memories. Like author Thomas Wolfe, one of my favorite writers... said, and so ended up being his posthumous novel, "You Can't go Home Again." At least for me flames can never take away what stands the test of all time. No, I "can't go home again", but the true home, beyond all time, with its grandeur and its crumblings, its laughter, its tears, and its dance, lives on within us.
Beautiful story....
@@pam1574 Hi Pam! Thank you! Uplifting to hear from you! Carpe Diem!
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Thank u! Take care 🤗
I have such weakness for these two... 💞
Xelbuad there were to little sweet little ladies.
Absolutely stunning! It’s amazing what money can do. I do appreciate the renovation.
A lot of money.
Wow, $220k in 1977 was worth approximately $995k what we’d pay today. The buyer was very gracious. I love grey gardens, don’t get me wrong, I’m just astounded that Little Edie got that much for house basically ready to collapse in on itself.
Oh, how I wish it were open to the public!
Michael Marsh I remember Sally Quinn and Howard Stern getting into a shouting match on some talk news program, she's a tough "broad" and amazing looks younger today then she did then.
Joe Schmoe Weren't they both on The Dick Cavett Show in 1986?
LPb
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It is now. The owner's allow summer rentals
People die....and houses live on.
When I watch the documentary its so hard to believe it was filmed in the early 70s! 10+ years before I was even born! And little Edie is so alive and sweet.. I feel like she's still here 💔 I wish I had lived near them. I would have loved to dance with her and sing with her mother 🥰 Have long chats out in the overgrown garden.
Spectacular home with equally unique history and fame! Super Filled with Love!
The house was that special it's eternal wow lol
They paid a huge sum of money for that house in 1979. Must have been a blessing for Little Edie. It was shameful that Jackie O, married to one of the richest men in the world, didn't help more at the time.
Eddie was gorgeous!
Toxic mother daughter relationship
I imagine you are a far more evil person.
Absolutely seems to have been toxic, yes.
Do not judge
I don't see it as toxic...I see it as a loving, caring relationship.
Little Edie had a love/hate relationship in a way. She was very loyal to her mother, though her mother prevented her from marrying and used her personality to make Edie feel guilty at the prospect of going off to live her life. I think Little Edie was truly in a difficult situation.
I sang ".Another Winter in a Summer Town"for my Music Theatte Diploma and was genuinely moved at the end of the piece. I had watched Grey Gardens numerous times, so it resonated with me. I almost felt like I was Little Edie!
I am glad she was able to spread her wings after her mother died. She deserved her own life.
I adore the Edies
That cheap Jackie and Onasis only paid 35 thousand to fix it up. All their rich relatives let these two women live in squalor and decided to fix it up after they died.
Anyone else drop a tear
JINX MONSOOON KILLED IT
In the best way, she’s iconic
"even on 10th avenue--- I would like better.....".I think they are up to over 100 avenues now
It is almost like they were soul mates in some unusual way? It was meant for them to live their life this way, as they could not live with or without each other. They would drive each other crazy, yet they really did love each other and would be there when the other was hurting. They had had god times and fun times and those they never forgot. they could not hold onto men. They seemed to be supposed to cling to each other for some odd reason we would never understand, and worse never did they!
Now in heaven, it may be all clear as to why they needed to struggle and why when one needed the other they would stay. At this time they may be in shock and yet laugh when looking back as they went through hard times and survived in some way, and yet knew it was to be done together and not apart, whatever they needed to accomplish. Maybe even to bring these lovely short biography type movies for all of us? Bringing us such joy and wonder? Perhaps even teaching some of us a little something, with seeing how this all played out?
This is something to show the "Trad-Wife" girlies........
I can’t help but think how much little Edie would love tiktok if she were alive today 😊
I wonder what they did with the he cats? & There's got to b a couple of cats bloodline still there. Or racoons.
Grey Gardens is considered to be the first national theatrical released documentary.
What a wonderfully warped story!
Have been a Grey Gardens fan for many years - and wished I could have met both of them. George Strait had a hit song called "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" - that title says it all... 🤪 😬
Would have loved to have seen the house in its glory or even when the 2 Edie's still lived there. Now it just looks like something from the boring pages of House & Gardens.
that was quiet the movie and I enjoyed it so much and it was true but I'm sure some things were embellished but not that much thoroughly enjoy it
Jackie should have had the sense to get Little Edie.the treatment she needed.
Do you keep track of all your cousins and get them the help and money they need?
Treatment, for what? Eccentricity isn't a disease.
You can't force people into "treatment".
Jackie wasn't the only relative.
how did they pay property taxes???
It's mentioned in the documentary I believe around the time of , or after the "fire"
Fascinating to me. So eccentric. ❤ BTW, shame on the rest of their family!!😢
An extraordinary story, meant for a documentary & movie, Riches to rags 😢,
If you love these ladies, come join the Grey Gardens Facebook group for all things Grey Gardens!
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Just two aristocratic women, who didn't know how to do anything for themselves, after the money went. They were an interesting study. I've enjoyed watching them.
They found themselves stuck in a bind, without what they needed to pull themselves out, lots of money, of course. They must have been too proud and fiercely independent minded to be reduced to go to their more fortunate relatives seeking help and they did not have any opportunities or skills to work for their living. So they were making the best of their difficult situation, living on the edge of disaster in their slowly crumbling mansion -- yet seemingly so carefree, spontaneously singing, reciting poetry, and dancing. I know something of what they were going through myself, although with only a small house, not a mansion -- several years ago i was really struggling financially and nearly had my house foreclosed on before i finally broke down, asked for, and fortunately got help. I too may be seen by some as mentally unstable because i have lots of cats and wildlife around my house. There are millions of untold stories about how ordinary people find their own ways to cope with poverty, suffering, and misery -- this story just happened to get told.
@@atheodorasurname6936 when a person is going through trauma, the mind takes steps to protect itself. Enter, the singing and dancing.
@@carolynkingsley4421_ Definitely there's heartaches/ traumatic events esp.on Big Edie...besides the divorce, the passing away of her mother & the robbery at the GG mansion when Little Edie will speak about the Bouvier money & Black Jack: seemed Mrs. Beale would became so silent. Indeed the singing and dancing were their coping mechanisms to escape the hard reality of how poor their lives become.
just watched the movie. cried. seeing the wildlife kiving there. Drew Barrymore is superb!
lil Edie died alone in a tiny Florida apartment :( RIP
Anyone who has seen this docy needs to check out Documentary Nows spoof called Sandy Passages -- you can thank me later.
Thanks 😂
I saw that one first, years ago, I didn't realize the grand significance! I love Little Edie!
I'm so fascinated with this story. Riches to rags. I feel sad for big and little Edie having to live like they did. Exiled from the family and forgotten about.
Very sad tale but glad it was lovingly restored.
This is what happens to property when a person doesn’t even try.
She did like her ice cream.
Little Edie was so beautiful young and even when she got older and Big Edie was her's and little Edies each other's rock, May they both Rest in Eternal Peace 🙏🏽🕊️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤❤
If this house didn't have "celebrity" status, these two nuts would've been put in to a "care facility" and the house would've been torn down - these two reminded me of watching "What ever happened to Baby Jane?"
didnt know they had a musical!
Whoa. Black sheep? How mean. The breadwinner, husband and father left them penniless. They had not income but managed to survive in the big house that deteriorated thru the years. It's a sad story. Exploiting it and them is the meanest thing ever!
That house looks so nice now!
What a shame this segment made zero mention of Bill Hader and Fred Armison’s satire, Documentary Now.
I'm glad that Sally Quinn brought the house "back to life". I also like the youtube videos that show how to refurbish shoes, tools, vehicles, yards, etc.
Boy the kennedy's were sure wonderful people to take care of their extended family....not
--- I put out a short video of how the mansion looked right after the latest purchase. The new owners decided to lift up the mansion to build a new basement. Look up : th-cam.com/video/l5Axfx9gFb8/w-d-xo.html
📌. Suspended
in a bygone era.
Rich poor folks.
Poor rich folks
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Hard to understand why Jackie couldn't help them more.
Great piece of human reporting! Sorry it took me almost 4 years to find it.
soooooo sadno need to live like this
I love little eddie and her costumes but she looks fabulous in her Louis Vuitton swimsuit
The Bill Hader and Fred Armisen performance brought me here.
Absolutely stunning beautiful your so lucky.
Engrish prease?
So sad the sons of big Edie , who inherited money didn’t hire more staff to keep their mother & sister .
So very sad that after moving to Florida of all places from The Hamptons, Edie dies all alone in a tiny apartment, and her body isn't found for 5 days...it breaks my heart.
It's bizarre that her body wasn't found for days. I had a loner neighbor who killed himself and he was discovered the same day.
@@alanedark1538 little Edie was selling out every performance at Reno Sweeney’s paradise room ( not a very big club) and was probably having the time of her life. Jackie got the owner to close the show. Would be interesting to see things sweet mrs. Kennedy Onassis did behind the scenes.
That is so very sad. I know mothers and daughters like that to some extent.
The first restoration as in here looked respectful to the era, recent restoration an over decorated mess.
Sally Quinn is a kind soul. God bless her
Is it still standing today? Wonder if it’s haunted??
What a Beautiful Restored Home
If you ever get out to Hampton’s, which, like nyc, was spectacular until the celebrities destroyed it, drive past the house on lily pond. The whole area is really special. Jackie’s childhood home , lasata, is still extant, I think. Martha Stewart’s place is out there too. Truman capote and his partner had 2 houses next to each other in amagansett. Jackie’s grandfather’s house is still standing in nutley, nj, as is Martha’s on elm.
Poor Lil Edy, only lived 5 years without her Mother.
Mother died in 1977. Little Edie died in 2002.
I've seen documentary and I've seen the movie with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange and to tell you the truth it's so entertaining and sad at the same time! They definitely Lester legacy of grey gardens!!
It's because you STOMP!
A disturbing “documentary” that exploited unwell women because their vague family connections was sure to bring viewers. I’m glad the home was able to be restored but this obsession with and praise of the documentary is legitimately confusing. Beyond uncomfortable!
And again they deleated my post and you don't understand by delegating it shows they are lying and keeping me and my husband from knowing our other sons. If I'm in photos with Eddie and my son is in the video and my sister in law then where is my other son???????????
Lange and Barrymore were perfect! ❤
I remember watching this movie in the full when it came out, and I said to myself, with regards to Drew's performance, no matter what the trajectory of her career, this woman is a Barrymore.
Lange and barrymore
Perfect
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High Society..PFFFT!
I would love to live somewhere like grey gardens but would never be able to afford it. Does anyone know if it’s just cheaper to build your own? I’m sure I could manage building something similar
I just finished watching their documentary and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It was something I have never seen before and I came across it accidentally. Which is always best. I loved it. What a fascinating mother and daughter. God bless them.
I hope that who ever owns this home keeps Little Edie and her Mom photo on a Table or the wall. RIP Little Edie and her Mom to
200,000 what a shame they did that to her
Big Eddie is still in that house
I love how you thought they were going to be these mean psychos, but the absolute opposite. Quite warm and generous also very nice. Weirdly we can all learn something from them other then the hoarding and decay
Thank you for sharing all these different videos in regards to these two ladies I have enjoyed it and have been enlightened by their life and their challenges and where they went all the way up until their death they did it their way and nobody else's so I do thank you for sharing this wonderful life of these two ladies love it ❤️
Love this !! Love these people !!! This how life turns out when you're placed in a tiny glass house !!!
So pitiful.