Helen Gahagan Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Gahagan Douglas

actress and politician

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Boonton, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1980

Profession: actor, politician, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician.
Her career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and the starring role in the 1935 movie She, in which her portrayal of the villain inspired Disney's Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). She married actor Melvyn Douglas, to whom she remained married for life. In politics, she was the third woman and first Democratic woman elected to Congress from California; her election made California one of the first two states (along with Illinois) to elect female members to the House from both parties.
Her defeat as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1950 by Republican Richard Nixon, against whom she campaigned in his later presidential bids, became symbolic of modern political vitriol, with Nixon referring to her as "pink" down to her undergarments.