Helen Gahagan

Helen Gahagan

ACTRESS

This beautiful Broadway singer and actress appeared in only one film, portraying the forever-young ice goddess ("she who must be obeyed"), the title character in RKO's 1935 adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's tale, She (1935), opposite Randolph Scott. In the latter 1940s, having entered politics, she would serve two terms in the lower house of the U.S. Congress as a Representative from the state of California. (Her bid in 1950 for a seat in the upper house, the United States Senate, saw defeat at the hands of one Richard Nixon).
  • When was
    Helen Gahagan born?

    Helen Gahagan was born on Sunday, November 25, 1900

  • Where was
    Helen Gahagan born?

    Helen Gahagan was born in Boonton, New Jersey, USA

  • How old was
    Helen Gahagan when they died?

    Helen Gahagan was 80

  • When did Helen Gahagan die?

    Helen Gahagan died on
    Saturday, June 28, 1980


Best Quotes

  • I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.
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