Sheilah Graham was born on September 15, 1904 in Leeds, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947), Impact (1949) and Girls Town (1959). She was married to Wojciechowicz Wojtkiewicz, Trevor Westbrook and John Graham Gillam. She died on November 17, 1988 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
She was the inspiration for the heroine, Kathleen, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's
unfinished novel, "The Last Tycoon". To show her love, she declined his
offer to add a codicil to his will leaving her the royalties from "The
Last Tycoon".
Born to impoverished parents in an East London slum. Her father died of tuberculosis while she was in her infancy. Her mother, a domestic, was unable to provide for her and she ended up in an orphanage.
Her daughter was named Wendy Westbrook Fairey. Wendy was born during
Graham's marriage to Trevor Westbrook and given his name, but she was
in fact the daughter of British Philosopher A.J. Ayer. Wendy was not
told of her true parentage until she was an adult.