Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (October 5, 1895 – February 5, 1977) was an American socialite known for her reclusive and eccentric lifestyle. Known as “Big Edie”, she was a sister of John Vernou Bouvier III and an aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.Her life and relationship with her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale was highlighted in the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.

