Thelma Rice?

this is so weird. In the movie Silkwood, which was also written by Nora Ephron, also directed by Mike Nichols, and also had Meryl Streep in the leading role, there is a character called Thelma Rice. what is also weird is that the character in this movie, her real name was not Thelma. They used a fake name. i believe that maybe this was Nichols and Ephron's secret pseudo name to protect the identity of their characters. Heartburn was based on a novel that was partially based on Ephron's own personal story of her and her husband and his affair with the infamous and tall "thelma rice." weird.