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16 unusual facts about Nancy Reagan


B. J. Novak

His father co-edited The Big Book of Jewish Humor, and has ghostwritten memoirs for Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, and others; his parents also established a Jewish matchmaking service.

Bob Colacello

He is the author of the highly praised Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House, 1911-1980, about the social and political rise of Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan.

Carroll Righter

He wrote a syndicated daily advice column for 166 newspapers around the world and was reputed to be an advisor to Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Righter was mentioned in President Reagan's 1965 autobiography Where's The Rest Of Me? and, according to former White House Chief of Staff Donald T. Regan, Mrs. Reagan turned to astrologers to help determine the president's schedule.

Dayglo Abortions

The previous album, Feed Us A Fetus, was perhaps a little less graphic, with a depiction of a baked fetus on the table in front of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Donn Moomaw

During this time, he became friends with California Governor Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy; Moomaw later gave the invocation and benediction at Reagan's 1981 presidential inauguration.

Janeen Brady

In 1983 she was invited to the White House by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Reagan for a performance of her song, "The Great American Family".

Katharine Graham

The Grahams were important members of the Washington social scene, becoming friends with John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Reagan among many others.

Melanie Chartoff

She immediately stood out on the series, partly thanks to her regular role as the anchor on the show's fake newscasts, but also due to her comedic skills (particularly a devastating impression of Nancy Reagan) and her remarkably good looks.

Nancy Davis

Nancy Reagan used the stage name Nancy Davis when she was an actress

One's on the Way

In later years when Lynn would perform the song in concert, she would frequently substitute references to the now deceased Jacqueline Kennedy (called simply "Jackie" in the song) with Nancy Reagan or other contemporary personalities.

The King and Queen of America

The song's music video showed Lennox and Stewart in a variety of costumes and settings which parodied various aspects of American pop culture, including a game show host and hostess, singing cowboy and cowgirl à la Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

The Next Voice You Hear...

It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple.

To Love a Child

To Love a Child was the theme song for the Foster Grandparents program initiated by Nancy Reagan in 1982, and was performed by Reagan and Sinatra at the program's White House launch.

Tom Pauken

At ACTION, Pauken oversaw the implementation of the Just Say No to Drugs program in which Nancy Reagan served as chief spokeswoman.

Walt Sweeney

He briefly served as a drug counselor at a San Diego hospital and appeared with Nancy Reagan in a promo for her "Just Say No" campaign.


Albert Nipon

Sales of Albert Nipon dresses reached US$60 million in 1984, and Nipon counted among his celebrity clients Rosalynn Carter, Mary Tyler Moore, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Walters.

Century Plaza Hotel

The hotel's ballrooms became the center for numerous high-profile events, including an opening charity gala in 1966 emceed by Bob Hope, who with singer Andy Williams entertained the likes of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Walt and Lillian Disney.

Charles H. Schneer

Beside the fantasy films, he also produced the film version of the stage musical Half a Sixpence (1967) starring Tommy Steele and Hellcats of the Navy (1957), the only film starring both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis).

God Bless the USA

It reached No. 7 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart when originally released in the spring of 1984, and was played at the 1984 Republican National Convention with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan in attendance, but the song gained greater prominence during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991, as a way of boosting morale.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

A prominent example is Nancy and Ronald Reagan who, in 1989, when moving to their home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles after the 1988 election, had its address—666 St. Cloud Road—changed to 668 St. Cloud Road.

Kitty Kelley

Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.

Martha Wilson

Martha Wilson’s signature performance work is political satire, impersonating First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Second Lady Tipper Gore.