Nancy Reagan Nancy Davis Reagan was born on July 6, 1921, in New York City. Raised in Chicago, she graduated from Girls ' Latin School and went on to Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts where she majored in drama. In her early career, Nancy Davis worked as an actress in stage, film and television productions. Her stage performances ranged from Summer stock to road tours to Broadway and in 1949, she was signed to a seven-year contract with MGM. During this time, she met Ronald Reagan and they were married on March 4, 1952. She made eleven films in all, including three after her marriage. Her last film, at Columbia in 1956, was "Hellcats of the Navy, " in which she and her husband appeared together. Mrs. Reagan's special project is fighting drug and alcohol abuse among youth. To spotlight the problem, she has traveled nearly 250,000 miles throughout the United States and several countries in conjunction with her campaign to fight substance abuse. She has appeared on television talk shows, taped public service announcements, written guest articles, and visited prevention programs and rehabilitation centers across the country to talk with young people and their parents. She also appeared on a special drug abuse episode of NBC's "Different Strokes," co-hosted a special edition of "Good Morning America" on ABC which was devoted - exclusively to the subject, and narrated two PBS specials- "The Chemical People " /~ and its follow-up program, "Chemical People II"-which encouraged communities i to organize against drug abuse. After leaving the White House on January 20, 1989, Mrs. Reagan established the Nancy Reagan Foundation to continue her campaign to educate people about the serious dangers of substance abuse. In 1994, the Nancy Reagan Foundation joined forces with the BEST Foundation For A Drug-Free Tomorrow and developed the Nancy Reagan After School Program, a drug prevention and life-skills program for youth. Since leaving the White House, Mrs. Reagan has continued to travel domestically and internationally, speaking out on the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol. She has most recently been honored with the United Cerebral Palsy Humanitarian Award, the Children's Trust Award from the Children's Memorial Medical Center in Chicago, the Tom Landry Medal from California Lutheran University, and the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation. In October of 1989 Mrs. Reagan's memoirs, entitled My Turn, were published by Random House.