Who was the absent father in the HBO film Gey Gardens?
Phelan Beale 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 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.
Mary Woodvine Mary Louise Woodvine (born 14 November 1967) is a British television actress who appeared as Mary Harkinson in the BBC soap "EastEnders" in 2003. Her father, John Woodvine, is also an actor.