Nancy Reagan

• Born Anne Frances Robbins, renamed to Nancy Davis by a studio.
• Wife of President Ronald Reagan. Ronald knocked her up before they got married. He called her Mommy. After he got Alzheimer's, she became his caretaker.
• The last movie she appeared in was Hellcats of the Navy, which she starred in with Ronald.
• Hired astrologer Joan Quigley, who had an alarming say in when the President would travel or meet with foreign leaders.
• Just say No anti-drug campaign, which failed so miserably that drug use actually increased during her reign.
• Guest-starred in an episode of Different Strokes with Dana Plato (now dead from an overdose) and the rest. Thus it may not have been the best choice of show for a lasting anti-drug message.
• Undertook an expensive redecoration of the White House, in the midst of a major economic recession.
• Had a mastectomy.
• "A woman is like a teabag-- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
• If you received a gift from the Reagans, it was probably a unwanted, retread gift that someone had already given them. This is Nancy's doing, not Ronald's.
• Black people were not permitted in her parents' home.

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