she was born anne frances robbins in new york in 1921. her parents were separated, and when she was seven, her mother married a chicago neurosurgeon named loyal davis...who later adopted her. 1949 signed a contract with m- g-m....but her career nearly ended before it began when her name appeared on a list of suspected communist sympathizers. hoping to help, a friend arranged for her to meet the president of the screen actor's guild, a dashing leading man... named ronald reagan. sheila tate/ nancy reagan's press secretary "she wanted to fix this but she also wanted to meet ronald reagan. because she had heard how available and cute he was." it would be the start of one of hollywood's...and washington's...most enduring love stories. nancy reagan "i knew right away, it took him a little push him a little bit." the couple even played opposite movie called navy". reagan started a politician....and was when he began his president...she was by his side, gazing adoringly... kenneth duberstein/ former white house chief of staff that wasn't an actr

. >> woodruff: she was born anne frances robbins in new york in 1921, the only child of a salesman and an often-absent actress mother. after graduating from smith college, she became an actress herself. billed as "nancy davis," taking the last name of her adoptive father, she landed a role on broadway and then went to hollywood. there, she met ronald reagan in 1951. >> he was unlike any actor i'd ever known. >> woodruff: she recalled her initial impressions of reagan, for that pbs documentary in 2011. >> he never talked about himself. had a whole world out there that he was involved with. he was very appealing to me. good looking and attractive. i just wanted to know more about him. >> woodruff: they were married in a small ceremony in 1952-- it was ronald reagan's second-- and they went on to have two children, patti and ron. on screen, they even starred opposite one another in 1957's "hellcats of the navy." then, after years in the movies and television, the couple turned to republican politics. ronald reagan was elected governor of california in 1966, and re-elected four years later

. >> reporter: anne frances robbins was born in new york city on july 6, 1921. she was raised by her mother, an actress, and has little contact with her father after her parents divorced. in 1929, she married dr. loyal davis, nancy and her stepfather became close. he adopted her when she turned 14 and nancy took his last name. nancy graduated from smith college in 1943 with a drama degree. she appeared in plays in new york before landing a contract with mgm. >> look at me. >> reporter: in the fall of 1949, a trade paper reported nancy had communist ties. in her memoir, she explained how a director friend asked the president of for union to help. >> later that afternoon the phone rang. nancy davis? this is ronald reagan. i have some answers for you. if you are free for dinner tonight, perhaps we could talk about it then. well, i stammered, i think i could manage it. >> reporter: they had a simple, secret wedding on march 4, 1952. daughter patti was born in october that same year. ron followed in 1958. nancy has said she thought she married an actor but she soon r

she was born anne frances robbins in new york in 1921. her parents were separated, and when she was seven, her mother married a chicago neurosurgeon named loyal davis...who later adopted her. she studied acting in college, and in 1949 signed a contract with m-g-m....but her career nearly ended before it began when her name appeared on a list of suspected communist sympathizers. hoping to help, a friend the president of the screen actor's guild, a dashing leading man... named ronald reagan. (sheila tate/ nancy reagan's press secretary) "she wanted to fix this but she also wanted to meet ronald reagan. because available and cute he was." it would be the start of one of hollywood's...and washington's...most enduring love stories. (nancy reagan) "i knew right away, it took him a little bit longer, i had to push him a little bit." the couple even played opposite each other in a movie called "hellcats of the navy". in 1966, ronald reagan started a second career as a politician....and was elected governor of california. when he began his run for

she was born anne frances robbins in new york in 1921. her parents were separated, and when she was seven, her mother married a chicago neurosurgeon named loyal davis...who later adopted her. she studied acting in college, and in 1949 signed a contract with m-g-m....but her career nearly ended before it began when her name appeared on a list of suspected hoping to help, a friend arranged for her to meet the president of the screen actor's guild, a dashing leading man... named ronald reagan. (sheila tate/ nancy reagan's press secretary) "she wanted to fix this but she also wanted to meet ronald reagan. because she had heard how available and cute he was." it would be the start of one of hollywood's...and washington's...most enduring love stories. (nancy reagan) "i knew right away, it took him a little bit longer, i had to push him a little bit." the couple even played opposite each other in a movie called "hellcats of the navy". in 1966, ronald reagan started a second career as a politician....and was elected governor of california. when h

she died today at her home in los angeles of congestive heart >> anne frances robbins nicknamed nancy was born in new york city, in 1921. raised by her mother, edie an actress. and she had little contact with her biological fire, but when her mother remarried she and her stepfather game became close and she took his last name, davis. she appeared in plays and land ad contract with mgm. she moved to hollywood and would ultimately appear in 11 films. in the fall of 1949, a trade paper reported that nancy had communist ties and in her 1989 memoir she reported how a director fend asked a member of her union to help. >> and later on that afternoon, the phone rang. i have some answers for you, and perhaps if you are free for dinner, we could talk about it then. >> well, i think i could machine it. >> the pair had a secret wedding in 1952, and daughter patti was born in the same year, and her son followed soon after. she said she thought she had married an actor but soon realized his real passion was working with the republican party. the reagans had been married nearly three decades when th

nancy reagan born ann frances robbins in new york city, raised in flushing, queens, born 1921.picture as you see the family viewing the casket of nancy reagan. let's listen in a little bit here. >> the lord bless her and keep her. the lord make a face to shine upon her and be gracious onto her. the lord lift up his countenance upon her and give her peace, amen. rest eternal grant to her, oh, lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her, may her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed to the mercy of god rest in peace. amen. . >> i'm gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange with the fox business brief. today's rally lifts the major averages into positive territory for the week, setting the stage for the longest winning streak since early november. take a look at these changes. the dow up 205, well over that 17,000 level. the s&p 500 up 30 points at 2019. the nasdaq up about 81 points as well. crude oil break through that all-important $39 a barrel mark for the first time since early december. this is after the international energy agency said the oil pric

. ♪ together we're ♪ going a long, long way >> reporter: born ann frances robbins in new york city shend lived in chicago, known by the nickname nancy. as an adult she headed west to hollywood to become an actress. >> she signed with mgm. she became part of that family. >> at first nancy davis was busy, but in 1949 she found her name on a list of suspected communist sympathizers. in danger of being blacklisted from the business. the person on the list turned out to be another actress with the same name, but nancy wanted reassurance. she turned to a friend for help who set up a meeting with the president of the screen actors guild. a dashing leading man named ronald reagan. and thus began one of hollywood's and washington's most enduring romances. in fact, one of her last screen appearances was playing opposite her future husband in a movie called "hell catsof the navy." soon after they wed. they raised a family including their children patty and ron jr. and her husband's two children, maureen and michael from his previous marriage to jane wyman. in 1966 ronald reagan began a second car

she was born in new york city as anne frances robbins.lushing, queens, and, in fact, still stands on roosevelt avenue. after eight years in the white house, it was not an easy retirement for the glamorous couple. the president would be diagnosed with alzheimer's and she would become his fiercest nurse, pregnant his image, guarding his legacy, supporting him in his final heart-breaking years. they were a couple united in loyalty and in love. and now in death. lucy yang, abc news, new york. >> and there was so much about her that we're starting to learn and it's too bad you learn so many of these stories after someone has passed away. and that story about them bringing those two kids for the heart surgery over from seoul, south korea, those kids are adults. >> she was asked in an interview, do you think he remembers you? she paused and she said, i don't know. so many relatives suffering with it, it's such a difficult process. >> absolutely. all right. we're going to move on. of course, we'll get back to that story at some point. >>> coming