Sheilah Graham Westbrook (September 15, 1904 – November 17, 1988) was an English-born American nationally syndicated gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age," who with Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper wielded power to make or break careers prompting her to describe herself as "the Last of the unholy trio."
Graham was also known for her notorious relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald, which she played a part in immortalizing through her au...
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Sheilah Graham Westbrook (September 15, 1904 – November 17, 1988) was an English-born American nationally syndicated gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age," who with Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper wielded power to make or break careers prompting her to describe herself as "the Last of the unholy trio."
Graham was also known for her notorious relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald, which she played a part in immortalizing through her autobiographical account of that period, Beloved Infidel, a best-seller made into a movie. In her youth, she had been a showgirl, and a freelance writer for Fleet Street, and published a few short stories and two novels. These early experiences would converge in a career that spanned nearly four decades as a successful columnist and author.
Born as Lily Sheil in Leeds, England, the youngest of Louis and Rebecca Sheil's six children. Her father, an immigrant Ukrainian Jewish tailor who had fled the pogroms, died of tuberculosis on a trip to...
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