Helen GahaganHelen Gahagan (25 November 1900 - 28 June 1980) was a United States 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 movie, She, in 1935, playing The Ice Goddess ("She who must be obeyed"). In the 1940s she enterered politics, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California for two terms. 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. This page about Helen Gahagan includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Helen Gahagan News stories about Helen Gahagan External links for Helen Gahagan Videos for Helen Gahagan Wikis about Helen Gahagan Discussion Groups about Helen Gahagan Blogs about Helen Gahagan Images of Helen Gahagan |
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Illeana Douglas is her grand-daughter. Destiny with Jim Belushi and Courteney Cox. 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. Her other movie credits include 1990's Mr. In the 1940s she enterered politics, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California for two terms. As she found that her performance as the ferocious resistance fighter in T2 had typecast her, she turned down a role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Gahagan starred in one Hollywood movie, She, in 1935, playing The Ice Goddess ("She who must be obeyed"). She has a twin sister Leslie who helped with a cameo in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. She became a
well known star on Broadway in the 1920s.
In 1931 she married actor Melvyn
Douglas. She has bipolar disorder. Gahagan was born in Boonton, New Jersey. Notable for her performances as Sarah Connor in The Terminator series and other films, as well as her starring role in the
TV series Beauty and the
Beast. Helen Gahagan (25 November 1900 - 28 June 1980) was a United States actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician. |