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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001) was the first child of former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman. Her siblings were Michael Reagan; a sister, Christine, who died shortly after birth, and—from her father's second marriage to Nancy Davis—Patti Davis and Ron Reagan.
Reagan pursued a career in acting in her youth, appearing in films such as Kissin' Cousins (1964) with Elvis Presley.
She was married three times:
Reagan was involved with the Republican Party and worked as a political activist, radio talk show host, commentator and health care advocate. Her most active political years were in the 1980s, during her father's presidency, when she was a member of the California World Trade Commission, chairwoman of the United States delegation to the United Nations' Decade for Women Conference in Kenya, in 1985; co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and chairwoman of the Republican Women's Political Action League.
She was the first daughter of a president to run for political office, but both of her attempts at election to a public office ended in defeat. She ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from California in 1982, and in 1992 for California's 36th congressional district.
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( /ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and a radio, film and television actor.
Born in Tampico, Illinois and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. After his graduation, Reagan moved first to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in to Los Angeles in 1937 where he began a career as an actor, first in films and later television. Some of his most notable films include Knute Rockne, All American, Kings Row, and Bedtime for Bonzo. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later as a spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, his positions began shifting rightward in the late 1950s, and he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Actors: Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Mark Antony Krupa (actor), Robert Higden (actor), Frank Fontaine (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Aidan Devine (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), James Brolin (actor), John Bourgeois (actor), Alan Fawcett (actor), Alain Goulem (actor), Daniel Pilon (actor), Frank Moore (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,Actors: Franklyn Farnum (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), David Butler (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Michael Curtiz (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor),
Plot: A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
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