"Grey Gardens" is an HBO film about the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale/"Little Edie", played by Drew Barrymore, and her mother Edith Ewing Bouvier/"Big Edie", played by Jessica Lange. Co-stars include Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy and Ken Howard as Phelan Beale. The film, directed by Michael Sucsy and co-written by Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, flashes back and forth between various events and dates ranging from Little Edie as a young débutante in 1936 moving with her mother to their Grey Gardens estate through the filming and premiere of the actual 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television (role: Edith Bouvier Beale/Little Edie) nomination for Drew Barrymore
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television (role: Edith Ewing Bouvier/Big Edie) nomination for Jessica Lange
Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film nomination for David Coatsworth
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (Role: Little Edie ) nomination for Drew Barrymore
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (Role: Big Edie ) nomination for Jessica Lange
Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Miniseries or TV Film nomination for Catherine Marie Thomas
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Role: Little Edie), received by Drew Barrymore
Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, received by David Coatsworth
Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Miniseries or TV Film, received by Catherine Marie Thomas
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (Role: Little Edie), received by Drew Barrymore
"Grey Gardens" is a 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, with Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive socialites, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.