Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, a Life in Pictures
Recommended Reading 90th Birthday Celebrated with New Book Release: “Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” Edith Bouvier Beale (1917 - 2002) is best known for her appearance in the critically acclaimed 1976 docu- mentary Grey Gardens. The film, now available on DVD, inspired Grey Gardens The Musical, which opened on Broadway November 2, 2006.“ The show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 2007, and won 3 prizes including one for Best Actress Christine Ebersole in the role of Edith Bouvier Beale.
Fashion designers Philip Lim and John Galliano recently paid tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale on the runways of Paris and the filming of the upcoming HBO movie starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lang began recently in Toronto.
Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” is a tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale,’ said her nephew Bouvier Beale, Jr.
Who is this woman who appeared in Grey Gardens aside from being the first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radzwill? Who was this woman of mystery at the center of attention when her east Hampton Estate was raided back in the early 70’s for insanity health conditions?
“Edith Bouvier Beale (also known as ‘Little Edie”) was born on the day the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace of the Tsar of Russia, which initiated the biggest and most far reaching revolution of the Twentieth Century. This seems an apt metaphor and an appropriate starting point for the life of this extraordinary American woman.” Bouvier Beale, Jr.
In her journal of 1928, Eva Marie Beale creator of this project said Also coming soon is the company “Grey Gardens Collections” a com- that Edith Bouvier Beale wrote a title as follows “Edith Beale, the cel- pany created by Eva Marie Beale featuring goods inspired by Edith ebrated poet, author, and artist.” Now in the new book “Edith Bouvier Beale. For more information please visit: Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” Verlhac Editions www.greygardenscollections.com and Eva Marie Beale have teamed up with the Estate of Edith Bouvier Beale and her family to present this first ever-family sponsored book about Edith Bouvier Beale.
The Life in Pictures book series designed and edited by Verlhac Editions have included John Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Pope John Paul ll, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Herbert von Karajan and now Edith Bouvier Beale. She would have been pleased to be among this group of celebrated individ- uals.
Forwarded by Peter Beard, “Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” features poetry, unpublished photos of Little Edie with her mother and father, her brothers Phelan (Phe) Beale and Bouvier (Buddy) Beale.
The book “Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” can be preordered now for this first print edition by visiting www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com Price: USD 59.00
Debbie Tuma interviews Bouvier Beale, Jr. and his wife Eva Marie Beale at The Grey Gardens Cocktail Party. Photo by: Joyce Brooks www.blacktiemagazine.com