Grey gardens

Truth is stranger than fiction. If the long-held cliché needs real-world proof, surely Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie are its embodiment. The eccentric duo, forever immortalised in Alber…

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.

Ever since the release of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, the ramshackle East Hampton estate and its reclusive inhabitants have exerted a mysterious pull. What many don't know, however, is that the grey-shingled house is...

Again not keeping up, I just saw the 1975 documentary "Grey Gardens," made by Albert and David Maysles about Edith Bouvier Beale and her dau...

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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 legendary Washington hostess talks about living in the infamous Hamptons manse. View the Slideshow.

Grey Gardens, the East Hamton estate once owned by Jackie Kennedy's eccentric cousins and made famous in a 1975 documentary, has sold for $15.5million

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…