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H42-27- Nancy Davis posing for publicity photgraph. 1949-50.
Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Pre…
H42-27- Nancy Davis posing for publicity photgraph. 1949-50. Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Museum, National Archives & Records Administration.
Nancy Davis' Film Career
H42-27- Nancy Davis posing for publicity photgraph. 1949-50.
Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Pre…
H42-27- Nancy Davis posing for publicity photgraph. 1949-50. Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Museum, National Archives & Records Administration.

Nancy Davis' Film Career

1940-1958
Nancy Davis Reagan’s first acting roles were on the stage, the most notable as Lady-In-Waiting Si-Tchun in the Broadway musical Lute Song. She moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career and in 1949 began to appear in television and movie roles. Even after her marriage to Ronald Reagan, she was credited as Nancy Davis, her screen name.
The Reagan Library contains movie posters and scripts from Nancy Davis' film career.
Related Links

Internet Movie Database (IMBD) entry for Nancy Reagan (1921-2016): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004864/