Sheila Kuehl
Kuehl was born Sheila Ann Kuehl in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her father, Arthur, was an airplane construction worker at Douglas Aircraft. He was Catholic and her mother, Lillian, was Jewish. As a child actress she performed under the stage name Sheila James.
Leah Lail
Lail was raised in Lexington, Kentucky but left to attend boarding school at the prestigious Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She graduated "summa cum laude" and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California with degrees in German and Humanities (Drama) and a minor in political science.