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Nancy Reagan
1921–2016, Manhattan
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, born in Manhattan. Appeared in six films on this site, including Hellcats of the Navy (1957), The Doctor and the Girl (1949) and East Side, West Side (1950). Of the actors and directors on this site, Nancy Reagan shares the most films with Janet Leigh (2 films), James Whitmore (2) and William A. Wellman (2) (22 in all).
She championed opposition to recreational drug use when she founded the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which is considered her major initiative as First Lady—although it received substantial criticism for stigmatizing poor communities affected by the crack epidemic.
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She co-starred in 1950's The Next Voice You Hear..., playing a pregnant housewife who hears the voice of God from her radio.
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In their own words
I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.
As quoted in Business : The Ultimate Resource (2002) by Daniel P. Goleman · Wikiquote: Nancy Reagan · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Partners by shared films
Who Nancy Reagan made films with
Directors
One film together
Co-stars
- 2Janet Leigh actressThe Doctor and the Girl, It's a Big Country
- 2James Whitmore actorThe Next Voice You Hear..., It's a Big Country
One film together
- The Doctor and the Girl 1949Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn
- East Side, West Side 1950Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Cyd Charisse, James Mason, Gale Sondergaard, Van Heflin
- It's a Big Country 1951Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Ethel Barrymore, William Powell
- Solitudine 1951Ray Milland
- Hellcats of the Navy 1957Ronald Reagan
Films in this guide
1940s
1950s
- East Side, West Side (1950)actress
- The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)actress
- It's a Big Country (1951)actress
- Solitudine (1951)actress
- Hellcats of the Navy (1957)actress