Grey Gardens is getting some new tenants -and no, unlike many of the Beale’s acquaintances, the cats and raccoons are not making their way out of the woodwork to get a piece of all the recent Grey Gardens action.
WWD reports Grey’s current owners, Sally Quinn and her husband Ben Bradlee, have signed a five-year lease with popular Manhattan socials Boykin Curry and Celerie Kemble, who along with their clan will be residing at the iconic East Hampton estate come September.
“Ever since the couple bought Grey Gardens from Little Edie Beale in 1979, they have rented it out, save for the month of August when they use the home. The last inhabitants, Quinn said, lived there for 12 years. Curry and Kemble’s five-year contract is the lengthiest that’s been issued. Neither party disclosed the rental price, but in May it was rumored Quinn and Bradlee were asking $30,000 for Aug. 28 through Sept. 7 alone.”
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Life magazine online has a collection of photographs of “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Beale at their infamous home, Grey Gardens. The images are from an article originally published by Life in 1975. Enter Grey Gardens right here.
Critics and fans aren’t the only ones giving high marks to Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange for their performances in HBO’s Grey Gardens, Big Edie Beale’s own grandchildren, Michelle Beale and cousin Christopher Beale, are talking to E! Online and praising the film for their depiction of the lives of their infamous relatives.
Read the full interview at E! Online.
The New York Times online has an excellent slideshow of the condition Grey Gardens was in when “Little” Edie Beale sold it to Sally Quinn and Benjamin C. Bradlee in 1979, as well as a slideshow showing the home’s revitalized gardens today. Here and here.
Above is Grey Gardens as it looks today while on the bottom are ariel views of the Beale’s former estate on Google Maps.
Poster for HBO’s Grey Gardens, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.
The house on Lily Pond Lane as seen in the documentary “Grey Gardens”
A historic house on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton was destroyed by fire at midday on Saturday, February 9th.
Built in 1905 for Edward T. Cockcroft, the hose was designed by Harrie T. Lindberg and garnered much attention, appearing on the cover of House and Garden. “According to “Hampton’s Heritage: An Illustrated Architectural Record,” Lindberg designed four houses on Lily Pond Lane using a roof technique that became his trademark.
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In the March 2008 issue of Vogue, Drew Barrymore says she found the role of a lifetime portraying “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale in HBO’s upcoming production, “Grey Gardens”.
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Tripplehorn Goes “Grey”
Jeanne Tripplehorn (“Big Love”, “Basic Instinct”) has been cast as Jackie Kennedy Onassis in Drew Barrymore and HBO’s “Grey Gardens” project.
Barrymore and Jessica Lange star as “Little Edie” and “Big Edie,” the respective aunt and cousin of Onassis, who made headlines when the health department threatened to raid their flea and raccoon-infested estate in East Hampton, N.Y.
Tripplehorn will be joining Daniel Baldwin, who plays Julius Krug, the former secretary of the interior and secret true love of Little Edie; Ken Howard (“Cane”) as Big Edie’s husband; Malcolm Gets (“Caroline in the City”) as Big Edie’s accompanist; and Arye Gross (“The Practice”) as documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.
Michael Sucsy is directing the project, currently shooting in Toronto. Source: Reuters
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Here we have the first pics of Drew Barrymore filming scenes for the “Grey Gardens” movie, currently shooting on Centre Island, Toronto, Canada.
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