Helen Gahagan Douglas
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About
Actress and politician who was the representative for California's 14th district from 1945 to 1951. She was the first Democratic woman elected to Congress from California.
Before Fame
She was a popular Broadway star in the 1920s.
Trivia
Her love affair with Lyndon B. Johnson, then still a Congressman, was an open secret.
Family Life
She married the actor Melvyn Douglas.
Associated With
She was reportedly the inspiration for the Evil Queen in Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."