John F. Fitzgerald him the nickname 'Honey Fitz'. His daughter Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., a son of his political rival P. J. Kennedy. In old age, Fitzgerald helped his grandson John F. Kennedy to win his first seat in congress. John Francis Fitzgerald was born in the North End of Boston, to Irish businessman/politician Thomas Fitzgerald of Bruff, County Limerick, and Rosanna Cox of County Cavan. He was the fourth of twelve children. Both of his sisters, Ellen and Mary, and his eldest brother, Michael, died in infancy. Fitzgerald's brother Joseph had severe brain damage from malaria and barely functioned. Only
F. Scott Fitzgerald include the TV movies "Zelda" (1993, with Timothy Hutton), "F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood" (1976, with Jason Miller), and "F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'" (1974, with Richard Chamberlain). A film based on Fitzgerald and Zelda's relationship called "The Beautiful and the Damned" was announced for a 2011 release by director John Curran. The last years of Fitzgerald and his affair with Sheilah Graham, the Hollywood gossip columnist, was the theme of the movie "Beloved Infidel" (1959) based on Graham's 1958 memoir by the same name. The film depicts Fitzgerald (played by Gregory Peck) during his final