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.
Sheila Butler
Butler was born in Leesport, Pennsylvania. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors from the Carnegie Mellon University (formerly the Carnegie Institute of Technology) in Pittsburgh in 1960. She moved to Canada in 1962 and became a Canadian citizen in 1975.