American Experience

Nancy Reagan on her First Date with Ronald

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NANCY REAGAN: Well we met on a blind date, which you probably know, and so of course, I knew what he looked like and I liked that. But he was so completely different from any other actor I had ever known. He didn't talk about his last picture or his next picture, you know, the old story of well now let's talk about you, what did you think of my last picture. He had many, many other interests and the first night that we went out, I mean, we talked about so many things but we never talked about acting and I liked that.

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