Phelan Beale | |
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Born | Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. | May 23, 1881
Died | June 12, 1956 | (aged 75)
Alma mater | University of the South (1902) Columbia Law School (1905) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Spouses | |
Children | Edith Bouvier Beale Phelan Beale, Jr. Bouvier Beale |
Relatives | John D. Phelan (grandfather) |
Phelan Beale (May 23, 1881 – June 12, 1956) was an American attorney and sportsman in New York City who was married to Edith Ewing Bouvier, an aunt of former First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Beale is probably best remembered as the absent father chronicled in the Grey Gardens saga portrayed in a 1975 movie documentary, 2006 Broadway musical, and 2009 HBO film, all of which were named for his home in East Hampton, New York.