Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald (October 26, 1921 – June 16, 1986) was the only child of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. She was a writer, a journalist (for The Washington Post and The New Yorker among others), and a prominent member of the United States Democratic Party.
"Scottie" was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her mother supposedly remarked upon her birth that she hoped she would be a "beautiful little fool." In ...
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Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald (October 26, 1921 – June 16, 1986) was the only child of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. She was a writer, a journalist (for The Washington Post and The New Yorker among others), and a prominent member of the United States Democratic Party.
"Scottie" was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her mother supposedly remarked upon her birth that she hoped she would be a "beautiful little fool." In The Great Gatsby (1925), Daisy Buchanan says this at the birth of her daughter.
She and her first husband, Samuel Jackson (Jack) Lanahan were popular hosts in Washington in the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, she wrote musical comedies about the Washington social scene which were performed annually to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Washington. Her show Onward and Upward with the Arts was considered for a Broadway run by director David Merrick.
She had four children with her first husband, the eldest of whom, known as Tim,...
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