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GRAHAM Sheilah
Born Lily Sheil.
Date of birth : September 15th 1904, Leeds, England.
Date of death : November 17th 1988, Palm Beach, Florida.
Practise:
Hollywood columnist.
Portrait :
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Story
In 1937 she met the writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, at that time scriptwriter in Hollywood.
They lived together at 1443 North Hayworth Avenue, Hollywood. That's where the writer died of a heart attack on December 21st 1940.
Link with Marilyn :On February 14th 1953, Sheila Graham married Wojtkiewkz; Marilyn aattended the wedding with Sidney Skolsky.
with Sheila Graham
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On May 13th 1953, she attended Walter Winchell,'s birthday party, at Ciro's, to which Marilyn attended too :
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In 1962 she informed her readers about Marilyn's dismissal from "Something's Got to Give", the same day Marilyn's lawyers learned it.
In 1963 she put pressure, with no success, on the Motion Picture Academy to award an honorary Oscar, as posthumous, to Marilyn.Bibliography
"Confessions of a Hollywood Columnist » 1970. New York. Bantam Books.
"The Garden of Allah" 1970. Crown Publishing
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