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Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (née Ryan; March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Born in Ely, Nevada, she grew up with her two brothers in what is now Cerritos, California, graduating from high school in 1929. She attended Fullerton Junior College and later the University of Southern California. She paid for her schooling by working multiple jobs, including pharmacy manager, typist, radiographer, and retail clerk. In 1940, she married lawyer Richard Nixon and they had two daughters. Nixon campaigned for her husband in his successful congressional campaigns of 1946 and 1948. Richard Nixon was elected Vice President in the Eisenhower administration, whereupon Pat undertook many missions of goodwill with her husband and gained favorable media coverage. She assisted her husband in both his unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign and later in his successful 1968 presidential campaign.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate studies at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law. He and his wife, Pat Nixon, moved to Washington in 1942 to work for the federal government. He subsequently served on active duty in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War II. Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. His pursuit of the Hiss Case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election. Nixon served for eight years as vice president. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for Governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962. In 1968 he ran again for the presidency and was elected when he defeated Hubert Humphrey.
Actors: Oliver Platt (actor), Marc McClure (actor), Jim Meskimen (actor), Toby Jones (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Les Mahoney (actor), Googy Gress (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Kevin Bacon (actor), Gregory Alpert (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Clint Howard (actor), Michael Sheen (actor), Sam Rockwell (actor),
Plot: Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
Keywords: 1970s, abuse-of-power, advertisement, airplane, airport, alcoholic-drink, american-politics, anger, apology, archive-audio-tapeActors: Laraine Newman (actress), Margot Kidder (actress), Madeline Kahn (actress), John Belushi (actor), Jane Curtin (actress), Paul Shaffer (actor), Tom Davis (actor), Shelley Duvall (actress), Steve Martin (actor), Garrett Morris (actor), Mick Jagger (actor), Bill Murray (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Tom Scott (actor), Gilda Radner (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: G.D. Spradlin (actor), French Stewart (actor), Paulino Nunes (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Karl Pruner (actor), Ryan Reynolds (actor), Saul Rubinek (actor), Dan Hedaya (actor), Jim Breuer (actor), Will Ferrell (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Dave Foley (actor), Ted McGinley (actor), Kirsten Dunst (actress), Scott Wickware (actor),
Plot: Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
Keywords: 1970s, adolescent-girl, alternate-history, black-humor, box-office-flop, break-in, burglary, character-name-in-title, conspiracy, contestActors: Dwight D. Eisenhower (actor), Richard Fancy (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), Michael Chiklis (actor), Dwight D. Eisenhower (actor), Dwight D. Eisenhower (actor), John Diehl (actor), Fidel Castro (actor), Tom Bower (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), George Bush (actor), Bill Clinton (actor), Powers Boothe (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), Gerald Ford (actor),
Plot: Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat. The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, alcoholism, american-president, brother-brother-relationship, campaign, career, character-name-in-titleActors: Lane Smith (actor), Tom Brocato (miscellaneous crew), Gary Sinise (actor), Graham Beckel (actor), Richard Venture (actor), Theodore Bikel (actor), James Sikking (actor), Alan Fudge (actor), Gregg Henry (actor), Richard Kiley (actor), Newell Alexander (actor), David Ogden Stiers (actor), George Wallace (actor), Barbara Gregson (miscellaneous crew), Amanda Wyss (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Paul Shaffer (actor), Bill Murray (actor), Tom Scott (actor), Don Pardo (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), John Belushi (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Bill Murray (actor), Steve Martin (actor), Garrett Morris (actor), Garrett Morris (actor), John Belushi (actor), Jane Curtin (actress),
Plot: The Festrunk Brothers; Bass-O-Matic; Bad Ballet - Leonard Pinth-Garnell; Consumer Probe - Irwin Mainway; The Corrida; Fred Garvin-Male Prostitute; Looks at Books-Mauled; The Decibet; E. Buzz Miller's Animal Kingdom; The Final Days - Nixon; Crazy Ernie; The Coneheads' Halloween; Pocket Pal; Julia Child; Closing Montage
Keywords: absurd-humor, absurdism, actor-playing-multiple-roles, archive-footage, based-on-tv-series, celebrity, celebrity-impersonation, character-name-in-title, comedian, comedy-teamActors: Martin Sheen (actor), William Schallert (actor), John Randolph (actor), Logan Ramsey (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), William Kerwin (actor), Graham Jarvis (actor), Lawrence Pressman (actor), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), James Karen (actor), Lonny Chapman (actor), Christopher Guest (actor), William Daniels (actor), William Windom (actor), Rip Torn (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Maria Arnold (actress), Mary Beth Hughes (actress), Patrick Wright (actor), Tallie Cochrane (actress), Nate Rodgers (editor), Nate Rodgers (director), Nate Rodgers (producer), B.B. Hinds (actor), Susan Ayers (actress), P.B. Jones (miscellaneous crew), Bobby Russell (actor), I. Whitnast (actor), Shani Nyota (actress), W. Earl Colson (producer), Edmund Linzy (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Mark L. Lester (director), Dennis Fimple (actor), Mark L. Lester (producer), Doodles Weaver (actor), Peggy Stewart (actress), Wade Crosby (actor), Buck Young (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Al Lewis (actor), Marilyn Giardino (miscellaneous crew), Lesley Woods (actress), Bill Cross (actor), Bern Hoffman (actor), Tony Salome (actor), George Skaff (actor),
Genres: Comedy,August 23, 1972: Pat Nixon speaks the Republican National Convention in Miami, FL.
A glimpse inside Pat Nixon's White House through the eyes of this warm and welcoming First Lady.
This footage was played during CNN's coverage of Richard Nixon's funeral
First Ladies Laura Bush, Barbara Bush and Rosalynn Carter pay tribute to their predecessor, Pat Nixon, on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Narrated by Pat Nixon's granddaughter Jennie Eisenhower.
Pat Nixon's work ethic made her an integral part of her husband's political life. She took up the cause of volunteerism, traveled to all corners of the world, and made the White House accessible to everyone. Learn more about Pat Nixon: http://bit.ly/TuTbzN Watch more Pat Nixon video: http://bit.ly/V7eJ6V Learn more about U.S. First Ladies: http://bit.ly/OHX5sf Learn more about Famous Female Activists: http://bit.ly/RFLCKe
006-091 July 2, 1971 White House Telephone President Richard Nixon talks with his wife, First Lady Pat Nixon, about their visit with the First Lady of Peru, Consuelo Velasco, and about a recent White House reception. (A section of the conversation was beeped out by NARA censors as "personal." The missing segment is represented here by a five second beep.)
A look at Pat Nixon's post-presidential life out of the public eye.
-Part 4- Richard M. Nixon Remembered (1994) This segment of the documentary features a clip from the funeral of former First Lady Pat Nixon in 1993, a short part of an interview with Nixon discussing the need to seize the moment after the Persian Gulf War and the fall of the Soviet Union to create a lasting peace, part of a Nixon speech from the early 1990s about opportunity and the American Dream, comments by Bill Clinton and ordinary Americans on Nixon's death, footage from Watergate hearings in 1974, and part of Nixon's funeral. Also included is a voice over interview fragment with Nixon's daughter Tricia, in which she laments that he never knew how many people adored him. This documentary is a compilation of television clips from the days immediately after President Richard Nixon's d...
August 2011: Nixon family friend Maureen Drown Nunn portrays First Lady Pat Nixon in the Nixon Foundation's educational series, "Meet the Presidents."
Pat Nixon Ron Ziegler January 11, 1972 018-070 & 071/072 White House Telephone President Richard Nixon briefly talks with his wife, First Lady Pat Nixon. National Archives censors beeped out the majority of the conversation as "personal returnable" (represented here by a 5 second beep). However, the following conversation would seem to shed light on what the Nixons likely discussed. In the following conversation, Nixon talks with White House press secretary Ron Ziegler about an interview that Pat Nixon recently did with reporter Barbara Walters, following the First Lady's return from an official trip to Africa. Nixon is annoyed by one of the questions that Walters asked his wife. Nixon wants Ziegler to call Walters and ask her why she took "such a cheap shot." Nixon decides that in the ...
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox were both in attendance at the the Pat Nixon centennial exhibit on display at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda on Friday. Video by Rob Whitfield, The Orange County Register. Published on 2012-03-16
Bob Haldeman 140-010 August 16, 1972 Camp David Study Table (Telephone) An annoyed President Richard Nixon talks with his Chief of Staff H. R. (Bob) Haldeman about an interview that his wife, First Lady Pat Nixon, recently did on TV. The Nixons considered the questions insulting and unfair. In retaliation, Nixon orders an interview that Henry Kissinger was planning on doing on CBS to be canceled. (A little of the beginning of the conversation and a short section later in the conversation was beeped out by NARA censors as "personal.") (Photo: President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon, at their daughter Tricia's wedding in the Rose Garden at the White House.)