Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens is a 1976 documentary about Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, also named Edith, who lived together in a decaying mansion in East Hampton, New York. The two women were relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and decades of living in the large, costly house on very little money left them in poverty and almost completely cut off from the world around them. The film observes their daily life in the house, which is falling into ruin, and records their conversations. Their strong personalities come through as they talk about the past, with mother and daughter rarely going outside.

The film was directed by Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Muffie Meyer, and produced by Albert and David Maysles. It came after their earlier documentaries Salesman and Gimme Shelter. The cast consists of the two women and others appearing as themselves. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.5 from around 17,000 votes, while on TMDB its rating is 7.3 from a much smaller number of votes. Both figures indicate a generally favourable response from viewers who have sought the film out over the years.