Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

  • Fame70.6
  • Momentum4.2
  • Wikipedia55.6K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1921–2016, aged 95United States
  • Wikipedia
    97 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1921–2016
    Aged 95
  • Known for
    American Made
    2017
Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

She went from Hollywood actress to First Lady, launched "Just Say No," consulted an astrologer to protect her husband after an assassination attempt, and spent a decade caring for Ronald Reagan through Alzheimer's — a devotion that softened decades of sharp public scrutiny.

Biography

About

Born Anne Frances Robbins in New York City on July 6, 1921, she spent six years with an aunt and uncle in Maryland after her parents separated, then moved to Chicago in 1929 when her mother remarried and adopted her stepfather's name. As Nancy Davis she worked as a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and '50s, appearing in films like The Next Voice You Hear... and Donovan's Brain, and married Ronald Reagan in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. She was California's first lady from 1967 to 1975, then became First Lady of the United States in January 1981, where early criticism ove…

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Awards

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  • Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Congressional Gold Medal
  • CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award
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Fame
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70.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum4.2
Historical26.0
Now attention23.1
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence