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Helen Gahagan Douglas (born Helen Mary Gahagan; November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Gahagan Douglas's acting career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and in Hollywood films. Her portrayal of the villain in She (1935) inspired the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
In 1914, Gahagan bought a vacation home in Fairlee, Vermont, and the family thereafter spent parts of each summer there. [5] When Gahagan died in 1931 at age 66, the family was living at 17 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. [1] [6] Helen Gahagan became an actress and a pioneering politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from ...
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and Congresswoman from California whose electoral defeat by Richard M. Nixon propelled him into national politics; In the late 1800s, William Geoghegan & his brother Samuel were respectively head brewer and chief engineer of the Guinness brewery in Dublin.
Melvyn and Helen Gahagan Douglas hired architect Roland Coate to design a home for them in 1938 on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) lot they owned in Outpost Estates, Los Angeles. The result was a one-story, 6,748-square-foot (626.9 m 2) home. [10] The Douglases had two children: Peter Gahagan Douglas (1933) and Mary Helen Douglas (1938).
Despite Warren's refusal to campaign for him, Nixon defeated Democratic nominee Helen Gahagan Douglas by a decisive margin. [77] National politics, 1942–1952
The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling.Republican Representative and future President Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, after Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the primary election campaign.
Gahagan is a surname of which is derived from Geoghegan. Notable people with the surname include: Dennis Gahagan (c. 1817–?), early settler in San Diego, California; Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician; James Gahagan (1927–1999), American painter; John Gahagan (born 1958), Scottish footballer
In retrospect we now see that the fate of the good shoemaker and the poor fish peddler was an omen of this worldwide tragedy from which the human family has scarcely yet begun to emerge." Signers included Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Gahagan Douglas and her husband Melvyn Douglas, Herbert H. Lehman and Robert Maynard Hutchins. [24]