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Helen Gahagan

Helen Gahagan

Born: 1900-11-25 • Boonton, New Jersey, USA

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Helen Gahagan (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) politician. She was the third woman and first Democratic woman elected to Congress from California; her election made California one of the first two states (the other was Illinois) to have elected female members of the House from both parties.

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Filmography
Nixon poster
Nixon
1990 • Self (archive footage)
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy poster
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 • Narrator (voice)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • Self
She poster
She
1935 • She