Anyone know who Marjorie is?? And how she was related to the family? Shes referenced numerous times in the two documentaries, but we never see her or hear much. Any got an idea??
I love her comment on French! I am the same way I can read and write in it, but when it comes to speaking it I can raely make it through a conversation without a mistake!
When my back is up against the wall of Life, I summon Little Edie to my shoulder and she repeats 0:20-0:52 to me again and again and again. She even includes the finger jesture and the head towel pulldown. The imagery really seems to work. I wouldn't have wanted to find myself on her bad side, that's one thing for certain.
I've got to say, she was very naturally beautiul for a woman if her age, these days even celebs in there 40's after plastic surgery don't look as good as this! Her voice, her accent, mannerisums, and everything about little Edie was beautiful, and this film probably without her realising it made her famous than she would have ever been. The camera and her audience love her who can blame them. She's unique x
Does anyone else LOVE the fact that she's wearing a rain coat and a hand towel on her head? I've seen a lot of things, but I've never seen anyone top off an ensemble by wearing a hand towel on your head with a broach! I love this woman!
yes! i LOVE it. LOVE IT! and i wonder: was she always a little odd i.e. mad, or did her mother make her so by living alone in that house with her for all those years? she utterly fascinates me. and her sense of fashion was DEAD ON, if you watch the rest of the documentary. brilliant woman.
Big edie never allowed little Edie to develop as a woman, she was always in control and little edie was never permitted to have a relationship with anyone else. Strange? Disfunctional?Bizarre? Yes, all of these, but, there was a unique love and bond that will never be understood by anyone else. I think they both knew they were trapped in something desperate and self defeating. Big and little Edie never knew how to take care of themselves in many ways, yet they maintained their diginity.
am i the only one here that thinks that they both were insane? they say it's hereditary. i think that big edie ruined little edie's life and they both lived in a rotting nuthouse until jackie came along and fixed it up after pressures of the media. it still was a nuthouse nonetheless. how could somebody decide they want to be a burlesque dancer at 60? they were interesting people, yes i agree. But all of this admiration i do not understand. if you want to take a stab at it, i am open.
Insane or eccentric? That seems to be the million dollar question. Big Edie: "I didn't want my child (Little Edie) taken away from me - I'd have been left entirely alone." That says it all. These were two women who were raised to live with wealth and comfort. They did not know how to take care of themselves as they "had people" to do such work. They were frustrated entertainers as they never got to work professionally doing what they loved to do. It's admirable that they kept on going.
nothing wrong with a little bit of crazy, dear. you need to go beyond this and see how unique these women really were. apparently, narrow minded people like you will never "get" it. thank god! have a great day.......
you seem to be getting offended for some odd reason, that's what i don't get. There was nothing special about these women, only the fact that they stayed alive for so long in those conditions. They aren't the only people surviving (had to survive) in less than $200 a month. I would like examples in your reply.
Both Big Edie and Little Edie were amazing, independent, eccentric, and staunch (*wink*) women. They were truly an inspiration.
I've noticed a lot of people comparing these amazing women to the "role models" we have today, like Disney girls (Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, etc, etc...) Well, I never cared for them, even as a tween, and I don't think I ever will. Little Edie is my biggest role model, next to my grandmother who raised me. She, too, was a wonderful, S-T-A-U-N-C-H- woman. <3
".........so I went and told some things about the family." - hahahahahaha - lmao - she get's me with that one line every time I watch this clip - she is so, so, so hilarious!
Maybe it's the life she had that made her so great. I think that there's a chance that if Grey Gardens hadn't happened, she wouldn't be as great as she is--as legendary, even.
Maybe if she had become "a star," when she was young she would've turned out like Lindsay Lohan and the rest. Maybe it's good that her celebrity and remembrance is posthumous.
@ccoross Agreed. However, Edie did try her hand at stardom/performing many times and failed miserably. After her mother died, she tried to put on a one woman musical show that was panned by critics, one calling it a "unbelievable display of ineptitude"..
I absolutely adore these magnificent women, there is a little bit of them in every women whether we like it or not! So go ahead ladies, be a STAUNCH CHARACTER!
When I hear the see the anger and defiance in Edie, I can empathize. She is a product of the absolute domination and disapproval of Bad Parenting(as was I). Edie was a woman fighting for her own independence, but I don't believe she ever regained her confidence that was crushed out of her like a squashed grape.
I don't know if you have seen The Beals of Grey Gardens( the newly released footage) but it is awesome and really focuses more on Little Edie. I agree with you, there is a competitive nature between them. I find that to be most disturbing because my mom was never like that with me and it would have been painful and confusing.
My friend just sent me the link to one of the videos, and yes when she adjusts her headwrap, her hands are hilarious..
Please tell me where I can find the whole story of this woman. I will google her also but if you can send me the pinpointed link that will fill me in so i can catch up to where ya'll are that'd be great.. A shame to find from your comments that she is already passed on. I feel ashamed to watch her now knowing that I am being enlightened from her mental compromises...
edsexgod...type this in the above search bar in You Tube - Grey Gardens 2/11. The entire documentary will pop up, from 2/11 to 10/11. Don't know where 1/11 is though. You'll sees the "Edies" in all their delapidated glory.
I was actually going to buy the DVD of this movie so I could watch it in complete length all the time. So I looked on Best Buy's website since I have a gift card. IT'S $45!! Does anyone know WHY it would cost so much??
It's sold under the "Criterion Collection." all of their films are really expensive. They mostly distribute foreign and independently made films. Why are they so expensive?...that's a good question.
Criterion are so expensive because the films tend to include absolutely EVERYTHING you can fit into a film. Directors cuts/commentaries, interviews, deleted scenes, plus they are a higher quality.Anything they could find on the movie, they included.
They were adding all of this stuff when DVD's were including MAYBE directors commentary and that's it. They mainstream followed suit, but nothing really matched the Criterion quality.
I remember seeing a pic of Edie not long after her Mother had passed away in Studio 54, with a top on which she was wearing upside down! but that was her quirky dress sense, she's fascinating.
Edie is hysterically funny! Really - one of the most amusing characters in contemporary times. I hope that she knows what a "star" she has become after her death.
My favorite part is at :52 when she uses both her hands to adjust her "wrap" - hilarious!
Rock on,Shanniquitie !! You are so right !! It's so fascinating to me that so many current day Americans absolutely are bewildered by this film, yet so many Europeans, especially Brits, get it right away. As twisted and complicated as many of those old aristocratic traditions may have been, they were worthy of respect and consideration. What a pile of corporate-sanctioned, one dimensional, easy. safe shit our culture has become. But the middle class always needs things managed and predigested.
amen, Danpgood. It is amazing how sow many stereotyping euros like giannireb68 have the utter gall to say what we in America "get" or "don't get". Typical ignorant, uninformed knee-jerk anti-americanism.
Hell, this story wasn't even on the radar in Europe for decades after Americans had seen and appreciated the documentary. The Times of London has only just today (8-01-2009) written of the Beale phenomenon as if just discovering it!
Trapped in a time warp. These women never had to do things for themselves due their family name. This history coupled with the impending isolation I imagine very well offers an explaination.
Seeing this footage from the documentary, I thought it was Christine Ebersole until I figured out it was ACTUALLY Edie Beale. She really nailed this character!
Yes there is a little mental illness here. I think brought on by social isolation. There is no one in their world to say this is strange. I like them both.
Sweety Edie, if you can read and write in French...give yourself a wee bit of confidence! She can speak French...I know she can because she has a "staunch character...S-T-A-U-N-C-H, there's nothin' worse I'm tellin' ya!" She's not dead to me.
.......closest thing to reality that a person can get. ..See how 2 people can go from Riches to RAGS......"Grey Gardens" is a fantastic documentary. Once you see it, YOU will never forget these 2 women! (JDapro) Canada
They also had a pair of Mrs. Beale's wedding earrings in their posession that were later valued at $ 300,000. They probably really did'nt HAVE to live this way, and maybe that's why the two brothers kind of ditched them as time went on.
English literature Oriental philosophies and years of French.. what a girl j'adore the way she strays off into her mind when talking about the french such beautiful intonation... love love love!
I feel sad that Little Edie didn't get to live her own life. Her mother, Big Edie, was so domineering and it shows up in the documentary. Also, the Maysles Brothers said a few things to Little Edie I thought were insensitive. Really, I think both women were trying so hard to be interesting so the film would be successful. Little Edie is my favorite person in documentaries. Thanks for posting.
I fell awful that Edie didn't have a chance at her own life also. She was a unique, delightful, charming, authentic person who did not choose to live in the disprepair she lived in. She was childlike and brilliant and witty. I just adored her!! As far as the Maysles are concerned, I feel they were taking advantage of these women who apparently never saw a dime from this enterprise which is still paying off in spades for Al Maysles.
She's not mentally ill, just eccentric and free from inhibitions. She managed fine after her mother died, she didn't end up 'on the streets'. Not 'sad' at all, in the sense that 'pizzalover' means, although it is sad that she was clearly very lonely for many years, a victim of her circumstances. A very interesting character !
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She sounds dellusional. The lights are on but nobody's home kind of thing. Like someone said if she didn't have the mansion to live in even in its run down condition she'd be on the streets living more than likely. Very sad.
If she didn't come from wealth. She'd have pushed a shopping cart and slept in subways. And bathed in fountains while muttering to herself. She was lucky. Hopefully Paris Hilton will be like that in 40 years.
It's the ORIGINAL Long Island accent, Lower New England influenced(as opposed to the later horrific Brooklyn influenced Amy Fisher type accent.)Of course they also have alot of finshing school/ turn of the century Park Ave. in there. Basic Northeastern Aristocracy. The best.
It's insane how much Christine Ebersole captured this woman. It's really a lengendary performance. If you all like Edie Beale and this documentary, then GO to see Grey Gardens on Broadway! :)
Ohhhhhh thank you thank you thank you for posting this. I LOVE this rant of Edie's, and quote it on a nearly daily basis. Yes, I realize how lame that makes me sound.
Anyone know who Marjorie is?? And how she was related to the family? Shes referenced numerous times in the two documentaries, but we never see her or hear much. Any got an idea??
IanGalligan87 4 days ago
Happy Birthday Edie. You were a Staunch lady!!God Bless your soul.
TheLadyjazzy1 3 months ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE EDIE, We'll never forget you, you staunch, fabulous woman, you! xxx
Evilushka 4 months ago
I would’ve loved to spend a day with them, fleas and all. I envy the fact these women didn’t live by a clock.
TayInTheWay 4 months ago
I ADORE her! I watch a little of the movie every night before I go to sleep :)
apples5456 4 months ago
Wow...watching this really causes me to miss when we used proper English. Little Edie was brilliant. Love her.
Cherie1215 4 months ago
I wish I had known lill Edie
pawsjones 5 months ago
I love her comment on French! I am the same way I can read and write in it, but when it comes to speaking it I can raely make it through a conversation without a mistake!
macrent2 5 months ago
I feel such affection for little Edie!
QuiteAngelicate 6 months ago 2
I love little Edie. <3
KittykatColorado 7 months ago
They'll WEAKEN.
alightale 7 months ago
@alightale No, they WON'T.
egoleno 4 months ago
When my back is up against the wall of Life, I summon Little Edie to my shoulder and she repeats 0:20-0:52 to me again and again and again. She even includes the finger jesture and the head towel pulldown. The imagery really seems to work. I wouldn't have wanted to find myself on her bad side, that's one thing for certain.
SeeTimeRun391 7 months ago
Go Little Eadie! :)
MichaelAuthorAllAges 8 months ago
Genius!!! And she knew it!!
diego9774 11 months ago
staunch
reejaw2 1 year ago
these ladies lives are bizarre but astoundingly beautiful.
Samuelgallman 1 year ago 6
Nice towel
metronomic1 1 year ago
I think she says, "mother is giving her all this essay gaiety"
KenelJets 1 year ago
@KenelJets She says "Mother is giving her all this S-H-I-T"
NoodlesSF 1 year ago 2
What a totally brilliant film. I love this woman. She is endlessly fascinating. Drew Barrymore did such a fabulous job in the film.
happylilsunbeam 1 year ago
Edie rocks
stringquartet 1 year ago 4
she is nuts
cbrun67176 1 year ago
I've got to say, she was very naturally beautiul for a woman if her age, these days even celebs in there 40's after plastic surgery don't look as good as this! Her voice, her accent, mannerisums, and everything about little Edie was beautiful, and this film probably without her realising it made her famous than she would have ever been. The camera and her audience love her who can blame them. She's unique x
sezums 1 year ago 10
I just love her, and the way she says 'french'!!! Incredible beautiful dispositioned
sezums 1 year ago 2
I just think she's wonderful. Her mother and she had a ton of guts to stand up to that family and do their own thing. I admire her so much!!!
Missbeansontoast 2 years ago 6
Edie, you were a true independant & free spirit! God bless.
TIPTON340 2 years ago 5
"........so I went and told some things about the family." HAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't screw with her or she'll tell all the family business and let the skeletons out the closet.
gray70 2 years ago 6
@gray70 I know, I love that line. Actually, I love this whole scene...and this whole documentary!
TayInTheWay 1 year ago 4
English Li-te -ra-sure!
surawudhman 2 years ago 5
This is staunchtastic!
JelloFarming 2 years ago 5
Love her!! she said what she meant, and meant what she said!! didn't mince words!!
TheLadyjazzy1 2 years ago 5
what happened to the rest of the doc?
it used to be on youtube
grai 2 years ago 4
Does anyone else LOVE the fact that she's wearing a rain coat and a hand towel on her head? I've seen a lot of things, but I've never seen anyone top off an ensemble by wearing a hand towel on your head with a broach! I love this woman!
Asher2700 2 years ago 3
I think she lost her hair - but I'm not sure why. She kept her head covered for years.
RapscallionRebellion 2 years ago
In her younger years she has allopisha aria ta
she lost all of her from stress so she wore scarfes and ocassionally a towel on her head.
CavyLove79 2 years ago
Thanks for answering! I was wondering.
RapscallionRebellion 2 years ago
She had alopecia.
teaClocks 2 years ago
Thanks!
RapscallionRebellion 2 years ago
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sookiestackhouse2u 2 years ago
What? Freckles? She definitely had alopecia. That's why her hair fell out.
teaClocks 2 years ago
yes! i LOVE it. LOVE IT! and i wonder: was she always a little odd i.e. mad, or did her mother make her so by living alone in that house with her for all those years? she utterly fascinates me. and her sense of fashion was DEAD ON, if you watch the rest of the documentary. brilliant woman.
jbauer72 2 years ago
She is amazing right?!
CavyLove79 2 years ago 3
Utterly brilliant!! I love her:-)
WoofManToronto 2 years ago 2
I absolutely in love with the Beales - Such fascinating people! Little Edie....what can you say!? She's fabulous!
allends612 2 years ago 2
Little Edie fascinated me the most...she was a S-T-A-U-N-C-H character...I really liked her "tell it like it is" personality.
badpenny1118 2 years ago 2
God bless LIttle Edie. She is unique and wonderful!
hilo10001 2 years ago 4
Big edie never allowed little Edie to develop as a woman, she was always in control and little edie was never permitted to have a relationship with anyone else. Strange? Disfunctional?Bizarre? Yes, all of these, but, there was a unique love and bond that will never be understood by anyone else. I think they both knew they were trapped in something desperate and self defeating. Big and little Edie never knew how to take care of themselves in many ways, yet they maintained their diginity.
wvanderwahl 2 years ago 3
Totally obsessed with these ladies...
Kimmypage44 2 years ago
me too. i cannot take my eyes off the screen between :30 and :50. fascinating.
jbauer72 2 years ago
am i the only one here that thinks that they both were insane? they say it's hereditary. i think that big edie ruined little edie's life and they both lived in a rotting nuthouse until jackie came along and fixed it up after pressures of the media. it still was a nuthouse nonetheless. how could somebody decide they want to be a burlesque dancer at 60? they were interesting people, yes i agree. But all of this admiration i do not understand. if you want to take a stab at it, i am open.
qqt718 2 years ago
Insane or eccentric? That seems to be the million dollar question. Big Edie: "I didn't want my child (Little Edie) taken away from me - I'd have been left entirely alone." That says it all. These were two women who were raised to live with wealth and comfort. They did not know how to take care of themselves as they "had people" to do such work. They were frustrated entertainers as they never got to work professionally doing what they loved to do. It's admirable that they kept on going.
gray70 2 years ago
nothing wrong with a little bit of crazy, dear. you need to go beyond this and see how unique these women really were. apparently, narrow minded people like you will never "get" it. thank god! have a great day.......
sookiestackhouse2u 2 years ago 2
you seem to be getting offended for some odd reason, that's what i don't get. There was nothing special about these women, only the fact that they stayed alive for so long in those conditions. They aren't the only people surviving (had to survive) in less than $200 a month. I would like examples in your reply.
qqt718 2 years ago
stop hating ...
sookiestackhouse2u 2 years ago
I love you more, Edie ...
sookiestackhouse2u 2 years ago
I love you Edie Beale. In a crazy world I think you were the saner one to escape it.
BoborGlenn 2 years ago 3
Both Big Edie and Little Edie were amazing, independent, eccentric, and staunch (*wink*) women. They were truly an inspiration.
I've noticed a lot of people comparing these amazing women to the "role models" we have today, like Disney girls (Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, etc, etc...) Well, I never cared for them, even as a tween, and I don't think I ever will. Little Edie is my biggest role model, next to my grandmother who raised me. She, too, was a wonderful, S-T-A-U-N-C-H- woman. <3
AngeDeMusique 2 years ago
0:53 adjustment of the towelling headwear....i can't get enough of it "i'm tellin' ya!". lmao
fogitup20 2 years ago
".........so I went and told some things about the family." - hahahahahaha - lmao - she get's me with that one line every time I watch this clip - she is so, so, so hilarious!
gray70 2 years ago 2
She didn't pull her eyebrows out. She lost them along with all of the rest of the hair on her body due to Alopecia
oppzorro 2 years ago 2
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She's crazy plain and simple.
MamaPalma 2 years ago
I heard the rumor that she invented the pill box hat that Jackie Kennedy made famous...
johnsmileyjr 2 years ago
she should have been a star. she was beautiful and brilliant. nowadays disney shoves skanky chicks like lindsey lohan down our throats
ccoross 2 years ago 43
Maybe it's the life she had that made her so great. I think that there's a chance that if Grey Gardens hadn't happened, she wouldn't be as great as she is--as legendary, even.
Maybe if she had become "a star," when she was young she would've turned out like Lindsay Lohan and the rest. Maybe it's good that her celebrity and remembrance is posthumous.
WhoKnewOfTheStorm6 2 years ago
@ccoross Agreed. However, Edie did try her hand at stardom/performing many times and failed miserably. After her mother died, she tried to put on a one woman musical show that was panned by critics, one calling it a "unbelievable display of ineptitude"..
ritter89 1 year ago
This lady broke free.
Enough said.
RIP young Edie. RIP. : )
violettesmile 2 years ago 4
brilliant woman.
fashion icon.
a real star...
bullfinch66 2 years ago 5
It took me about 8 days to pick mine out.
lharrell22 3 years ago
I don't know, but it took me about 8 days to pull mine out.
lharrell22 3 years ago
I want to know how long it took her to pull all her eyebrows out ?
warholboy 3 years ago
I just found this out -- she actually had alopecia.
snr9365 2 years ago
I absolutely adore these magnificent women, there is a little bit of them in every women whether we like it or not! So go ahead ladies, be a STAUNCH CHARACTER!
discosushi1 3 years ago
When I hear the see the anger and defiance in Edie, I can empathize. She is a product of the absolute domination and disapproval of Bad Parenting(as was I). Edie was a woman fighting for her own independence, but I don't believe she ever regained her confidence that was crushed out of her like a squashed grape.
coltmont 3 years ago
I don't know if you have seen The Beals of Grey Gardens( the newly released footage) but it is awesome and really focuses more on Little Edie. I agree with you, there is a competitive nature between them. I find that to be most disturbing because my mom was never like that with me and it would have been painful and confusing.
discosushi1 3 years ago
My friend just sent me the link to one of the videos, and yes when she adjusts her headwrap, her hands are hilarious..
Please tell me where I can find the whole story of this woman. I will google her also but if you can send me the pinpointed link that will fill me in so i can catch up to where ya'll are that'd be great.. A shame to find from your comments that she is already passed on. I feel ashamed to watch her now knowing that I am being enlightened from her mental compromises...
edsexgod 3 years ago
edsexgod...type this in the above search bar in You Tube - Grey Gardens 2/11. The entire documentary will pop up, from 2/11 to 10/11. Don't know where 1/11 is though. You'll sees the "Edies" in all their delapidated glory.
coltmont 3 years ago
'scuse me...dilapidated. I Despise bad grammar and misspellings. Unfortunately, it's de rigueur in Cyberland.
coltmont 3 years ago
I was actually going to buy the DVD of this movie so I could watch it in complete length all the time. So I looked on Best Buy's website since I have a gift card. IT'S $45!! Does anyone know WHY it would cost so much??
AngeDeMusique 2 years ago
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siltor67 2 years ago
order from Amazon! There's like a 13.99 version.
Dkanter08 2 years ago
It's sold under the "Criterion Collection." all of their films are really expensive. They mostly distribute foreign and independently made films. Why are they so expensive?...that's a good question.
PippoOfEarth 2 years ago
Criterion are so expensive because the films tend to include absolutely EVERYTHING you can fit into a film. Directors cuts/commentaries, interviews, deleted scenes, plus they are a higher quality.Anything they could find on the movie, they included.
They were adding all of this stuff when DVD's were including MAYBE directors commentary and that's it. They mainstream followed suit, but nothing really matched the Criterion quality.
RapscallionRebellion 2 years ago
this would make a great monologue for acting students!!
siltor67 3 years ago 3
she's magic
pickypocky123 3 years ago 2
I remember seeing a pic of Edie not long after her Mother had passed away in Studio 54, with a top on which she was wearing upside down! but that was her quirky dress sense, she's fascinating.
Bridgejones08 3 years ago
Edie is hysterically funny! Really - one of the most amusing characters in contemporary times. I hope that she knows what a "star" she has become after her death.
My favorite part is at :52 when she uses both her hands to adjust her "wrap" - hilarious!
gray70 3 years ago 2
Mental illness is truly sad
olyguy4u2002 3 years ago
an original...you can't say that about most people. its too bad she was not here to enjoy the fame! whos making all the money on her natural wit.
nelsonfromconnecticu 3 years ago
She had no idea of how wonderfully entertaining both she and her mother were.
auaiao9 3 years ago
when did americans stop being like this and start worshiping paris hilton and britney?
Shanniquitie 3 years ago 32
Rock on,Shanniquitie !! You are so right !! It's so fascinating to me that so many current day Americans absolutely are bewildered by this film, yet so many Europeans, especially Brits, get it right away. As twisted and complicated as many of those old aristocratic traditions may have been, they were worthy of respect and consideration. What a pile of corporate-sanctioned, one dimensional, easy. safe shit our culture has become. But the middle class always needs things managed and predigested.
giannireb68 3 years ago 3
ummm, all of my American friends and I (American) got this film right away, and love it. Watch your blanket generalizations giannireb68
Danpgood 3 years ago 2
amen, Danpgood. It is amazing how sow many stereotyping euros like giannireb68 have the utter gall to say what we in America "get" or "don't get". Typical ignorant, uninformed knee-jerk anti-americanism.
Hell, this story wasn't even on the radar in Europe for decades after Americans had seen and appreciated the documentary. The Times of London has only just today (8-01-2009) written of the Beale phenomenon as if just discovering it!
hyperion30000 2 years ago
Our culture really has gone down hill. I hate it, but its true.
bos78 2 years ago 6
Trapped in a time warp. These women never had to do things for themselves due their family name. This history coupled with the impending isolation I imagine very well offers an explaination.
folknhairy 3 years ago
White people are all going to burn in your defication.
Quannah08 3 years ago
Explain?
criticalgal 3 years ago
Seeing this footage from the documentary, I thought it was Christine Ebersole until I figured out it was ACTUALLY Edie Beale. She really nailed this character!
kasadsdk 3 years ago
Holy S-H-I-T! Christine Ebersole channels Little Edie PERFECTLY! It's AMAZING!!!!!
OBCBW 3 years ago
Yes there is a little mental illness here. I think brought on by social isolation. There is no one in their world to say this is strange. I like them both.
criticalgal 3 years ago 3
this is my favorite part of the movie...and i dont know why!!
siltor67 3 years ago
Oh how proud they'd be of the musical...
Absolutely adore them!
greyxgardens 3 years ago
Where is the wash rag, that's what I want to k-n-o-w.
johnsmileyjr 3 years ago
Sweety Edie, if you can read and write in French...give yourself a wee bit of confidence! She can speak French...I know she can because she has a "staunch character...S-T-A-U-N-C-H, there's nothin' worse I'm tellin' ya!" She's not dead to me.
tjh0225 3 years ago 5
Little Edie still rocks!!!
iloveshoesdoyou 3 years ago
I have watched this DVD over and Over! ...
.......closest thing to reality that a person can get. ..See how 2 people can go from Riches to RAGS......"Grey Gardens" is a fantastic documentary. Once you see it, YOU will never forget these 2 women! (JDapro) Canada
Dapruex 3 years ago 6
I love it when she changes clothes every hour or so. :))......I just love this Documentary!.......LOVE IT!..(JDapro) Canada
Dapruex 3 years ago
OMG
is that a butterfly broach on her towel:??
fallingwaterbead 3 years ago
It is actually an incredibly valuable antique Tiffany brooch!!
It came out later they made ends meet selling their Tiffany collection off piece by piece
grai 3 years ago 3
They also had a pair of Mrs. Beale's wedding earrings in their posession that were later valued at $ 300,000. They probably really did'nt HAVE to live this way, and maybe that's why the two brothers kind of ditched them as time went on.
giannireb68 3 years ago
English literature Oriental philosophies and years of French.. what a girl j'adore the way she strays off into her mind when talking about the french such beautiful intonation... love love love!
Beautifully observed a good choice,thanks!
jmibo67 4 years ago 3
I feel sad that Little Edie didn't get to live her own life. Her mother, Big Edie, was so domineering and it shows up in the documentary. Also, the Maysles Brothers said a few things to Little Edie I thought were insensitive. Really, I think both women were trying so hard to be interesting so the film would be successful. Little Edie is my favorite person in documentaries. Thanks for posting.
RainyMarch 4 years ago 3
I agree! RIP Little Edie!
flproctor 3 years ago
I fell awful that Edie didn't have a chance at her own life also. She was a unique, delightful, charming, authentic person who did not choose to live in the disprepair she lived in. She was childlike and brilliant and witty. I just adored her!! As far as the Maysles are concerned, I feel they were taking advantage of these women who apparently never saw a dime from this enterprise which is still paying off in spades for Al Maysles.
SuzyZ 3 years ago
she has aristocracy written all over her countenance-note the pronunciation of literature
kgianna7 4 years ago 5
I can't stop laughing to many simililartiies from this to the musical. STAUNCH!
PatRebaMartina 4 years ago
She's not mentally ill, just eccentric and free from inhibitions. She managed fine after her mother died, she didn't end up 'on the streets'. Not 'sad' at all, in the sense that 'pizzalover' means, although it is sad that she was clearly very lonely for many years, a victim of her circumstances. A very interesting character !
kwilson1964 4 years ago 8
Was this woman mentally ill? Or is that what people wanted to think of her since she didn't conform to what people consider 'normal'?
adelgado75 4 years ago 2
S-T-A-U-N-C-H + Paris Hilton?
It will NEVER HAPPEN!
-So she took out those colored contacts prior to going on LKL...
"Lil' Edie is a classic.....
She went from "the HAVE'S- to the Have not's"!
pvtchef66 4 years ago
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She sounds dellusional. The lights are on but nobody's home kind of thing. Like someone said if she didn't have the mansion to live in even in its run down condition she'd be on the streets living more than likely. Very sad.
piazzalover 4 years ago
I LOVE THIS FILM!
StaunchComic 3 years ago 2
If she didn't come from wealth. She'd have pushed a shopping cart and slept in subways. And bathed in fountains while muttering to herself. She was lucky. Hopefully Paris Hilton will be like that in 40 years.
novice8814 4 years ago
i just dont get where she gets her accent from?
Leppicon77 4 years ago
The Northeast.
froggyola 4 years ago
It's a typical aristrocratic accent of old money families from the Northeast, particularly in New England.
stylecollective 4 years ago 3
This is just a strong Long Island accent.
pfkhjdfg 3 years ago
It's the ORIGINAL Long Island accent, Lower New England influenced(as opposed to the later horrific Brooklyn influenced Amy Fisher type accent.)Of course they also have alot of finshing school/ turn of the century Park Ave. in there. Basic Northeastern Aristocracy. The best.
giannireb68 3 years ago 7
Oh, she is just Wonderful...
staunchcharacter 4 years ago
LOL! I love when she tugs down on her towel for emphasis! She's the best!!
Jones499 4 years ago 4
That's my favorite part of the whole speech!
lizafan01 4 years ago 2
In a tv interview with Geraldo she said, or spat the word, "JACKIE", "SHE puts on a great many airs, and I detest people who put on airs..."
seanharrington 4 years ago
I wish someone would put that on YouTube. I'd love to see it.
lizafan01 4 years ago 2
S-T-A-U-N-C-H! Go little Edie! I love her!
chevychase 4 years ago
VERY well said. And too true.
broadwayfan2002 4 years ago
It's insane how much Christine Ebersole captured this woman. It's really a lengendary performance. If you all like Edie Beale and this documentary, then GO to see Grey Gardens on Broadway! :)
ActorBoi718 4 years ago
A real individual!
themarblefaun 4 years ago
She's fantastic! And I love her voice; it makes me sleepy.
FireAndMusic 4 years ago 2
Ohhhhhh thank you thank you thank you for posting this. I LOVE this rant of Edie's, and quote it on a nearly daily basis. Yes, I realize how lame that makes me sound.
allisonthemeep 4 years ago 2
they don't weaken! I love that gesture she does with it
tphowle 4 years ago 2
How absolutely beautiful is this woman ? xx
wayney 5 years ago 6
This is my favorite of all Little Edie's monologues. Thank you for posting it.
midwestmacrame 5 years ago 2