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Edith Luckett Davis
Edith Luckett Davis (July 16, 1888〔She gave her year of birth as 1896 to the Social Security Administration, thus shaving off eight years.〕 – October 27, 1987)〔 was a film and Broadway stage actress in the 1910s and 1920s, and was the mother of Nancy Reagan, wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
==Early life and acting career==
Edith Luckett, nicknamed "Lucky", was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the ninth and youngest child of Sarah Frances (Whitlock) and Charles Edward Luckett.
She grew up in Washington, D.C., as her father worked for the Adams Express Company.〔 Known for her vivacious and outgoing personality and style,〔 Luckett began acting at the age of 15. She appeared in several films, including ''The Other Girl'' (1915).〔 She acted on stage, most notably on Broadway but also with several regional stock companies.〔 She performed and became friends with such stars as Walter Huston, George M. Cohan and Spencer Tracy. Other friends in the business included Zasu Pitts, Louis Calhern, David Belasco and Alla Nazimova.〔
Luckett married Kenneth Robbins of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1916.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Lady Biography: Nancy Reagan )〕 The couple had one daughter, christened Anne Frances Robbins, but known as Nancy. Luckett and Robbins separated soon after Nancy's birth, and later divorced.〔 In order for Luckett to support herself and her daughter,〔 she chose to resume her stage career,〔 and arranged to have her daughter live with her sister's family in Bethesda, Maryland, while she toured the East Coast with acting troupes.〔 She would visit her daughter in Maryland when time allowed.〔 Her last acting role was in 1928, with Walter Huston and Kay Francis in ''Elmer the Great''.〔
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