'' Grey Gardens '' is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles . The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive , formerly upper class women , a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale , who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens , a derelict 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
1976 Cannes Film Festival
1976 Cannes Film Festival
Grey Gardens