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Biography of Helen Gahagan - Actress
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Helen Gahagan (25 November, 1900 - 28 June, 1980)
was a United States actor|actress and (under the
name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician. She was
also known as The Pink Lady.
Gahagan was born in Boonton, New Jersey. She
became a well known star on Broadway in the 1920s.
In 1931 she married actor Melvyn Douglas. Gahagan
starred in one Hollywood film|movie, She
(novel)|She, in 1935, playing The Ice Goddess
("She who must be obeyed").
In the 1940s she entered politics, and was elected
to the United States House of Representatives from
California for three terms. It is often believed
that that Douglas had taken on John E. Rankin on
the house floor after Rankin allegedly called her
a "Communist." In 1950 she ran for the United
States Senate, but was defeated by Richard Nixon
in a race considered by her supporters to be a
prototypical smear campaign.
Illeana Douglas is her grand-daughter.
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