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'''Nancy Davis Reagan''' (born [[July 6]], [[19211923]]) is the [[widow]] of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and was [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1981 to 1989. She was an [[actress]] prior to her marriage.

She was born '''Anne Frances Robbins''' in [[New York, New York]] to Kenneth Seymour Robbins and his actress wife, Edith Luckett. When she was six, her mother married Dr. Loyal Davis, a neurosurgeon. Dr. Davis adopted Nancy, and she grew up in Chicago. She was also god-daughter of [[Russia|Russian]]-born [[silent film]] star [[Alla Nazimova]]. She received her formal education at Girls' Latin School and at [[Smith College]] in Massachusetts, where she majored in [[theater]].