“Grey Gardens”: A Look Back at the Controversial Documentary on 'Big Edie' and 'Little Edie' Beale, 50 Years Later

“Grey Gardens”: A Look Back at the Controversial Documentary on 'Big Edie' and 'Little Edie' Beale, 50 Years Later

The controversial documentary combined American royalty with jaw-dropping real estate and unforgettable honestyBig Edie and Little Edie spend time together in Grey Gardens Tom Wargacki/Archive Photos/GettyNEED TO KNOWGrey Gardens was home to the Beale women from 1924 to 1979The 28-room East Hampton estate fell into disarray and disrepair as Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (“Big Edie”) and her daughter, Edith Bouvier Beale (“Little Edie”) struggled thr…