Fitzgerald, Frances Scott (1921–1986)

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Fitzgerald, Frances Scott (1921–1986)

American writer. Name variations: Scottie; Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith. Born Oct 26, 1921; died June 1986 in Montgomery, Alabama; only child of F. Scott Fitzgerald (novelist) and Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948); m. Jack Lanahan (lawyer; div.); m. Grove Smith, 1967; children: 4, including Tim and Eleanor Lanahan (artist and illustrator).

Was a playwright, composer, Washington Post columist, and Democratic insider; as depicted by daughter Eleanor Lanahan, adored her alcoholic father and blocked out her mother's bouts of insanity, but was burdened with their fame.

See also Eleanor Lanahan, Scottie: The Dau. of …: The Life of Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith (HarperCollins, 1995); and Women in World History.

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