Claim: Drew Barrymore starred in a film.

Grey Gardens is an HBO film about the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale / `` Little Edie '' , played by Drew Barrymore , and her mother Edith Ewing Bouvier / `` Big Edie '' , played by Jessica Lange . Co-stars include Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy -LRB- Little Edie 's cousin -RRB- and Ken Howard as Phelan Beale -LRB- Little Edie 's father -RRB- . The film , directed by Michael Sucsy and co-written by Sucsy and Patricia Rozema , flashes back and forth between various events and dates ranging from Little Edie as a young débutante in 1936 moving with her mother to their Grey Gardens estate through the filming and premiere of the actual 1975 documentary Grey Gardens .   Filming for the HBO film began on October 22 , 2007 in Toronto . It first aired on HBO on April 18 , 2009 .   The film won the 2009 Television Critics Association award for Outstanding Achievement Movies , Miniseries , and Specials . It was also nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards , winning Outstanding Made for Television Movie , Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie -LRB- Lange -RRB- and Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie -LRB- Howard -RRB- . It was also nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards , winning Best Made for Television Movie and Best Actress in a Made for Television Movie -LRB- Barrymore -RRB- . Lange was also nominated in this category .