Grey Gardens

In today's episode Fern welcomes David Crotty to the podcast. David is a red carpet photographer and became a Grey Gardens fan decades ago after learning about the film from fashion designer Marc Jacobs. David's creative eye picked up on a specific family heirloom, a beautiful brooch Little Edie wore on her head coverings in most scenes. Listen in to hear how David created a replica, one Christine...

In episode #4 Fern welcomes Scotty Fryer to the podcast. Scotty is entertaining Grey Gardeners with his fun and fabulous lip-sync clips of beloved Little Edie on Facebook and TikTok. Fern and Scotty talk candidly about Little Edie; her costumes and fashionista fame, her mother-daughter relationship with Big Edie, her dreams of stardom and her self- actualization of becoming famous and eventually b...

In today's episode Fern interviews photographer Ron Lieberman, who took the well renowned picture of Little Edie for Reno Sweeney Cabaret. Listen in to hear details about the photo shoot, Little Edie's choice of clothing and her response to the picture chosen for the iconic poster we all know and admire. Ron shares his unique experience of photographing and interacting with this famous blue-eyed E...

In today's episode Fern welcomes Terie Spencer to the podcast. Terie is a Grey Gardener who has delved into the archives of the East Hampton Star and has gems of treasure to share with us. In addition to that, Terie is a musical theater director and performer and has something special prepared for Big Edie and us! Let's open the garden gate and listen in to episode two.     The book Fern reference...

Oh those those two ladies…Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Beale, also known as Big Edie and Little Edie, are the focus of discussion in the kickoff episode of Grey Gardens. Your host, Fern Bernstein, welcomes Brian Buck to the podcast. Brian is a devoted Grey Gardens fan who has a treasure-trove of information to share about the Bouvier and Beale families and history about Grey Ga...

This is the podcast about a well known house on Long Island named Grey Gardens, made famous by the 1975 documentary by the Maysles. Step into the world of Big Edie and her daughter Little Edie. We'll discuss their family drama and memory lane meanderings. The Edies sing and dance and share their dreams of stardom. It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present…