She was Beautiful..they remind me of my Dear friends Pat and Laura from 91st.. my friends long gone..they were there from the very beginning..my good friends. I'll NEVER forget them as long as I live.
The people on here saying they'd have befriended her or loved to have know her make laugh. Chances are, you'd have treated her like just like her contemporaries did. You'd have kept your distance and gossiped about her. There are people like Edie all around you and you don't notice. It's because she's famous that it's given her an inverted, posthumous status she never had in life. In real life, people keep the damaged and eccentric at arm's length. Especially as they age.
She had such a beautiful heart and soul she really did she literally gave her life up to stay at grey gardens with her mom atleast she did they out of grey gardens
@@heather9329 she was indeed its a tragic story yet it is a story of hope and love i am happy little edie got to do some things she wanted to do before she passed away she put her life on hold for her mother's stubbornness an ansolute angel
@@pamela6507 They were both two legends. They were trapped together, it was like a pressure cooker in there. Imagine how hard it was for them before the house was done up a little. The mother did love little Edie, they were both eccentric. I think Edie gravitated back to the house herself.
During these years it was like she was just waiting for her freedom- to be free from a very controlling mother . Thank god little Edie lived long enough to have that freedom towards the end of her life in Florida ❤❤❤
There is such a depth of sadness that reflects the human condition in this. The feel of the song so perfectly fits the passages that Little Edie states, beginning with, "Pride!"
I always identified with her. I love my mother but for much of my life we were enmeshed. I turned 50 and met my husband, moved across country and I'm happy with my life now. I'm glad LE had some years of happiness once her mother passed.
2:57 has anyone ever heard anything from the teen boy on the bed? He was Edie’s little friend who she would talk to. I think their relationship was so pure and adorable and what a sweet young man to check in on her when he could of been out with friends! Where is he now!?
His name is Jerry Torre. When little Edie first laid eyes on him when he came to their door she called him the Marble Faun. He looked exactly like an illustration from the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel. He went on to become a famous sculptor in -get this- marble! She was so astute..as was Big Edie, they both adored Jerry. He is living with his male partner, yes he's gay.
You kept a good soul through out your life. With no one coming to your aid when you and your mother needed help the most. My heart goes out to you and your mother. You sweet sweet Lady....
Everything I have read, and its extensive, about Little Edie... Points to Her mother as a trap.. who crushed her spirit... to the point that she could often be mean.. In the summer of 1950 Jackie and Black Jack visited the pair, Doris Francisco observed Little Edie attack a 21 year old Jackie over her father. Shocked Doris apologised for Edie.. "Oh Doris" exclaimed Jackie, "It's so much more complicated than you realize. Forgive Edie, she has good reason to be mad at Daddy".. Whether about his abuse of Big Edie's trust fund, Her entrapment by Big Edie, or something of a more intimate nature Doris didn't know.. But it says a lot about Little Edie, and Jackie's understanding of the situation Little Edie found heself in...
What an amazing lady. You can see when she was having a mania episode her whole face changes and she can't stop moving. I imagine she would get sad in the winters. Glad she broke free in the end.
Thus voice touches the rhythm of her .and her smile does transform past her dismal -at times existence .her true nature is strong vibrant .full of emotions pent up alot bless her .she most likely waltzed in above
I was very jonored to have my part in the Grey Gardens legacy.Im Frank Battaglia and had rare opportunity to meet befriend and photograph Edie back in 1978.My photos conyributed to tje making of Grey Gardens with Drew Barrymore.Its back on HBO again.When you see her tiger striped leopard print out fit itbeas my photos that helped provide autjentic attire for Edie includive of tje oil painting on eall which was tecreated grom my photographs! I felt orivileged to meet her
Her mother held her back for just her wierd family responsibilities as she was a female and the father was weirdly dismissive and strict by over stepping his rules-her c shoes which she didn't need special shoes was just wierd .Eddie Still became unique and fought back.
From the first time, I saw Gray Manor, I fell in love with Edie, not so much the mother. Did Edie ever get help for her mental illness and when does she pass away?
After her mother passed away she left the house as the gay community made her into a bit of an icon. They invited her to perform regularly at clubs in Greenwich Village, she told reporters at the time that she felt free and was enjoying her life immensely. I'm not sure what else went on except that she also sold the house. She died in 2002 at 84 years of age.
