You may remember that before the 50s Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale were living in an extremely wealthy household. But the fate of Big Edie and Little Edie, as they are universally known today, would change dramatically after a divorce that turned their lives up and down!
20. Sisters Moving In
After the divorce, Big and Little Edie grew really attached to each other. They were inseparable. When Big Edie became ill in 1952, Little Edie decided to move in with her in the estate they owned known as Grey Gardens.