| Helen Gahagan  Born: 25-Nov-1900
Birthplace: Boonton, NJ
Died: 28-Jun-1980
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Actress, California Congresswoman Father: Walter Hamer Gahagan II (d. Dec-1930 throat cancer)
Mother: Lillian Rose Mussen
Brother: William Corthel Gahagan
Brother: Frederick Mussen Gahagan
Sister: Helen Mary Gahagan
Sister: Lillian Rose Gahagan
Brother: Walter Hamer Gahagan III
Husband: Melvyn Douglas (actor, m. 5-Apr-1931, until her death, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Gregory Douglas (father of Illeana Douglas, b. 1933)
Son: Peter Gahagan (b. 1933)
Daughter: Mary Helen (b. 1938)
Slept with: Lyndon B. Johnson (1940s)
High School: Berkeley School for Girls, Brooklyn, NY
High School: Capen School for Girls, Northampton, MA
University: Barnard College (1924)
US Congressman, California 14th (3-Jan-1945 to 3-Jan-1951)
Democratic National Committee (1940-44)
Hollywood Anti-Nazi League (1937)
Irish Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry
Welsh Ancestry
Risk Factors: Breast Cancer, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
She (12-Jul-1935) · She
Author of books:
A Full Life (1982, memoir)
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