Authors: Bob Colacello
Kelly, Margaret, 131–32, 138, 140, 144–45
Law and Order,
268
Kemp, Jack, 366, 472, 474, 479–80, 487,
Lawford, Peter, 163, 250, 256, 314
489, 493
Lawson, John Howard, 158, 168–69, 197,
Kennedy, Ethel, 383
199, 217, 236
Kennedy, John F., 111, 250, 290, 314, 317,
Laxalt, Paul, 414, 441, 449, 451–53,
319, 322–23, 379, 381, 383, 411, 413,
474–76, 479, 487, 493, 495–96
422, 454, 470, 497
Leadon, Bernie, 434, 467
Kennedy, Joseph, 111, 115, 314
Leamer, Laurence, 227, 404–5
Kennedy, Robert, 319, 381–83, 413, 422
LeBlanc, Dennis, 433, 466
Kenney, Bill, 396
Lehman, Herbert, 218, 300
Kerr, Clark, 359
Leigh, Vivien, 192, 263
Kid from Spain, The,
102
Lerner, Liza, 341–42
Index
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LeRoy, Kitty, 234, 282, 374–75
McFarland, Bruce, 75–76, 135, 137, 191,
LeRoy, Mervyn, 82, 105, 124, 234–36, 238,
233, 244
241, 374–75
McGuinness, James Kevin, 158, 198
Levy, Emanuel, 229
McIntyre, Francis Cardinal, 360
Lewis, Deborah, 257
McLean, Edward B., 41
Lewis, Drew, 453–55, 499
McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 41
Lewis, Sinclair, 77–80
McLellan, Diana, 36
Life of Sir William Osler
(Cushing), 46
McNally, Stephen, 208
Life with Father,
116, 124
McNamara, Frank X., 303
Lilly, Doris, 239
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 65
Lincoln, Abraham, 27, 159, 264, 321, 325,
Magnificent Yankee, The,
182, 247
332, 349, 413
Make with the Maximum,
140–41
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 126–27
Making of the President 1968, The
(White), Lindbergh, Charles, 115, 117–18, 126–27
380
Lindfors, Viveca, 178
Mandel, Carola, 190–91
Linkletter, Art, 380, 435
Mandel, Leon, 190–91
Little Foxes, The
(Hellman), 191
Mankiewicz, Joe, 93
Littman, Marguerite, 409
Mann, Thomas, 118, 166, 264
Livermore, Norman, 423
Mansfield, Mike, 189–90
Loeb, James, 217
Mantz, Paul, 154
Loeb, William, 444
Manulis, Martin, 134
Logan, Joshua, 90
Ma Perkins,
139
Lohman, Lew, 343, 374
Mapes, Jacques, 150, 398–99
Lombard, Carole, 93, 153, 192, 276
Marathon
(Witcover), 437
“Losing Freedom by Installments” (Reagan),
Marbury, Bessie, 36–37, 41, 146
317
March, Fredric, 116, 247
Lost Weekend, The,
155, 162
March of Folly, The
(Tuchman), 461
Louisa,
243
Marcos, Ferdinand, 7, 407
Love Is on the Air,
97–98
Marcos, Imelda, 7, 407, 422
Love Story,
415
Marlow, Ron, 25
Loy, Myrna, 93, 218, 246
Marshall, Benjamin, 190
Luce, Clare Booth, 262, 317–18, 329, 402
Marshall, Glesca, 52, 77, 124, 146
Luce, Gordon, 356
Marshall, Jean Wescott, 55, 74, 76, 92, 122, Luce, Henry, 262, 290, 317–18, 329
135, 142
Luckett, Charles Edward, 35–36
Martin, Franklin H., 56
Luckett, Joseph, 36
Martin, Harry “Docky,” 108
Luckett, Sarah Frances Whitlock, 35–36
Martin, Mary, 73, 183–84, 190, 227
Luft, Lorna, 304
Marx, Barbara, 414, 453, 489
Lute Song,
183–85, 187
Marx, Groucho, 116, 160, 249
Lydick, Lawrence, 469–70
Mason, Alice, 496–97
Lyon, Ben, 119
Mason, James, 236, 482
Mason, Morgan, 482
MacArthur, Douglas, 3, 329
Mathison, Jean Hayden, 330
MacArthur, Peter, 61, 63–64, 70
Maugham, W. Somerset, 37, 398
McCain, John, 9, 424
May, Anita Keiler, 291–93, 295, 299, 303,
McCarthy, Eugene, 382–83, 385
325, 338, 374, 393, 395–97, 399–400,
McCarthy, Joseph, 196, 251, 318, 386
424–25
McClure, James, 440–41
May, David, 291, 299, 312
McCormick, Hope, 324–25
May, Tom, 291–92, 295, 374, 393, 425
McCormick, John Emmett, 80–81
Mayer, Louis B., 78, 95, 98, 109, 117, 127,
McCormick, Robert, 66–67, 116, 126, 132
157–58, 199–201, 211, 213, 219–21,
McCoy, Peter, 501, 504
226, 229–31, 233, 237, 247–48, 258,
MacDonald, Jeanette, 151
350
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Index
Mayfield, Gladys Hope, 100–101
“My New Year Poem 1935–36” (Reagan),
Mayfield, Manning, 100–101
58
Mayo, Virginia, 239
My Son John,
253
Mazel, Morrie, 45
My Turn
(Reagan), 41, 49, 86, 88–90, 121, Meehan, Kay, 46
132, 141, 193, 339, 429, 438
Meese, Edwin, III, 368, 381, 416, 431, 437,
443, 463, 474, 477, 481–90, 492, 497,
Nancy
(Reagan), 34, 41, 48–49, 86–87, 132, 504
134, 142–43, 147, 186–87
Mehle, Aileen (Suzy), 5, 400, 494
Nancy: Portrait of a Politician’s Wife,
373–74, Meiklejohn, Bill, 98
377
Menjou, Adolphe, 158, 179, 198, 210–11,
Nathan, George Jean, 124–25
214, 256, 315
Nazimova, Alla, 36–38, 52–53, 77, 124,
Merman, Ethel, 97
133, 145–46, 229, 232, 242
Michel, Bob, 478, 492
Neal, Patricia, 222
Milestone, Lewis, 211
Neilson, William Allan, 122
Milland, Mal, 278, 311, 374, 396
Nelson, Gene, 434
Milland, Ray, 155, 249, 278, 374, 396
Nemy, Enid, 497
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 31, 60
Next Voice You Hear, The,
245–49
Miller, William, 328, 330
Nidorf, Lorena, 247–48, 350, 374
Million Dollar Baby,
150
Night into Morning,
249
Million Dollar Mermaid, The
(Williams),
Night Unto Night,
175, 177–78, 239
234
Nine Lives Are Not Enough,
150
Mills, Ed, 336, 338, 355–56, 380, 413, 427,
Nixon, Pat, 261, 388, 408, 418, 420, 438,
459, 475
455, 473
Milner, Virginia, 362
Nixon, Richard M., 3, 10, 159, 211,
Minnelli, Vincente, 278, 293, 374
213–14, 217, 251–52, 261, 290, 296,
Mission to Moscow,
157, 213
314–15, 319, 321, 340, 378–89,
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air,
103
391–93, 401, 407–8, 411–12, 417–23,
Mitchell, John, 418, 420, 425, 437
425–27, 429, 431, 434, 437–39,
Mitchell, Martha, 422
442–43, 446, 470–71, 473, 478, 491
Mitchum, Bob, 176
Nixon, Tricia, 386, 392
Mondale, Walter, 457–58, 496
Nofziger
(Nofziger), 461
Monroe, Marilyn, 266, 314
Nofziger, Lyn, 333, 345, 357, 365–68,
Monson, Arch, Jr., 346, 356, 359
380–81, 384, 387, 390, 431, 436–38,
Montgomery, Robert, 152, 163, 171–73,
441, 451–53, 457–58, 461–65, 472–75,
175, 195, 207, 210–11, 215
477, 481–82, 486, 492, 497–98
Moore, Sara Jane, 448
Noonan, Peggy, 33
Moorehead, Agnes, 208
Novak, Robert, 477
Moretti, Bob, 416–17
Nye, Gerald B., 117, 126
Morley, Karen, 196
Morris, Edmund, 12, 59, 106, 117, 157,
Oberon, Merle, 255, 300
242, 295, 310, 320
O’Brien, Pat, 109, 111–14, 151, 172, 243
Morris, Wayne, 93, 104, 163
Oklahoma!,
180, 191
Moshay, Joe, 490
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 3, 11, 163,
Mundell, Robert, 470
290, 300, 323, 355, 379, 455, 469, 497
Murder in the Air,
118–19, 153
O’Neill, Eugene, 49, 78–79, 133
Murphy, George, 156–57, 171–73, 177,
On the Air
(Dunning), 86
179, 195, 200–202, 210–11, 215, 257,
On the Outside Looking In
(Reagan), 254, 309
277, 279, 314, 334, 353, 380
“On the Sunnyside” (Reagan), 26
Murphy, John B., 56
Open Book, An
(Huston), 78, 218
Murphy, Julie, 201–2, 257, 277
Original Story By
(Laurents), 199–200
Mussolini, Benito, 125, 127, 288, 421
Orleneff, Paul, 36
My Fair Lady,
300
Othello
(Shakespeare), 90
Index
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Oughton, China Ibsen, 72, 74–75
Rabb, Maxwell, 478, 496
Overdrive
(Buckley), 467
Radical Hollywood
(Buhle and Wagner), 116–17
Packard, David, 437, 441, 483
Ramage, Charlotte Galbraith, 40–41, 49–50,
Paley, Barbara Cushing “Babe,” 46, 300,
352
324–25, 408
Rambova, Natacha, 37
Paley, William S., 7, 46, 58, 324, 408
Ramshackle Inn,
147–48, 194, 225
Palmer, B. J. “Colonel,” 58, 63
Rand, Ayn, 214
Palmer, D. D., 63
Rankin, Fred, 138
Park, Arthur, 268–70
Rankin, John, 198
Parker, Dorothy, 116, 165
Reagan, Bess Hoffman, 64, 98, 108,
Parkinson, Gaylord, 340
310–11, 352, 504
Parsons, Louella, 97, 100, 105, 107–8, 110,
Reagan, Christine, 206
114–15, 117, 193, 207–8, 222–24,
Reagan, Colleen Sterns, 434, 455, 495, 504
238, 249, 255, 258, 263
Reagan, Doria Palmieri, 5–6, 8, 468–69,
Pate, Richard E., 136–37
495, 504
Patrick, Curtis, 365–66
Reagan, John Edward “Jack,” 15–29, 31, 34,
Pearson, Drew, 367, 408
51, 60–62, 64, 70–71, 81, 98–100,
Peck, Gregory, 162–63, 166, 212, 237, 264,
108, 112–14, 221, 252, 316, 465, 501
281, 314, 435, 453
Reagan, Maureen Elizabeth “Mermie,” 108,
Pendergast, Mae Belle, 354, 427
110–11, 114, 150, 152, 161–62, 179,
Pepitone, Count Nino, 163, 254
206–7, 223, 253–55, 261, 266,
Pepper, George, 158, 160, 165
308–9, 342–43, 352, 376, 379, 405,
Percy, Charles, 378, 473
434, 436, 446, 455–56, 479, 493,
Perkins, Voltaire, 311, 374, 504
495, 501–2, 504
Persico, Joseph E., 483
Reagan, Michael Edward, 12, 161–62, 179,
Philco Television Playhouse,
194
207, 223, 254, 261, 266, 308–10,
Phillips, Howard, 454
342–43, 352, 376, 405, 434, 455–56,
Pickford, Mary, 107, 126, 223, 282
479, 493, 495, 501–2, 504
Pidgeon, Walter, 177, 267
Reagan, Nancy Davis:
Pitts, ZaSu, 147–48, 187, 189–90, 194, 252,
abstemiousness of, 242, 250
330, 399
acting career of, 2, 4, 6, 86, 89–90,
Plesch, Etti, 2, 7
100–101, 122, 124, 133–34, 137–38,
Plog, Stanley, 344–45, 348, 379
140–41, 147–48, 183–85, 187–91,
Pollock, Lewis, 42, 47, 49, 53, 129, 138
193–94, 225–38, 242–49, 252,
Pollock, “Pinky,” 42, 47, 49, 53, 82, 138
257–58, 268, 283, 347, 363, 410, 445
Porter, Cole, 181, 183
adolescence of, 34, 72–79, 81–84, 86–92
Powell, Dick, 73, 96–97, 103, 107, 109,
adoption of, 86, 88–89, 101, 190
172, 177, 201–2, 204, 207, 224, 256,
ambitions of, 72, 90, 124, 134, 138,
276–77, 279, 285, 304, 314, 321, 349
141, 148, 181–83, 229, 342, 364,
Power, Tyrone, 76, 152, 163, 276
422, 425
Power and the Glitter, The
(Brownstein), 158
athletics enjoyed by, 72, 89, 229
Power and the Glory, The,
79
birthdays of, 248, 347, 375–76, 489–90
Powers That Be, The
(Halberstam), 394
birth of, 34–35, 38
Prentice, Abra Rockefeller, 56, 81, 83, 317
charitable activities of, 10, 142, 186, 194,
Pretty Girl,
302–3
311–12, 411–12, 415, 424, 468–69
Price, Carol, 456, 499, 504
childhood of, 33–34, 38–42, 48–50,
Price, Charles, II, 455–56, 499, 504
52–56, 73–74, 88, 229, 257, 290, 408
Priest, Ivy Baker, 388
children raised by, 266, 273, 277, 284,
Prisoner of War,
269
304–10, 312, 341–42, 359, 364, 366,
393, 404–8, 414–16, 419, 434–35,
Quinn, Richard, 366–67
467–68, 501–2
Quirk, Lawrence J., 100–101, 103
columns written by, 422, 424
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Index
Reagan, Nancy Davis
(continued)
464, 470–77, 479–80, 482–87,
dancing of, 75–76, 91, 137, 185–86,
489–90, 493–98, 500–501, 506
228–29, 242–43
popularity of, 89, 123, 187
debut of, 92, 123, 135, 261
pregnancies of, 264–65, 283–84
demeanor of, 5, 9–10, 51, 55, 72, 75–76,
public image of, 6, 72
86–87, 89, 91–92, 122–23, 134, 137,
reading tastes of, 270
146, 180, 185–87, 190, 226, 228,
religious beliefs of, 309
233–34, 245–46, 255, 342, 347,
romances of, 92, 122, 135–38, 146–47,
363–64, 369–73, 387–88, 393, 407,
227, 235–36, 243–45, 248–49
409, 411, 416, 434, 439–40, 444–45,
Ronald’s courtship of, 236, 238, 240–43,
448, 471, 496
248–50, 252–58
education of, 40–41, 49, 55, 72–76, 86,
Ronald’s marriage to, 8–13, 51, 123, 128,
89–92, 121–23, 133–38, 140–41, 146,
133, 185, 234, 259–65, 268–71,
148, 182–83, 290, 495
273–88, 290, 292–93, 295, 297–98,
fatalism of, 333–35
302, 304, 306–9, 312, 314–18,
finances of, 72–73, 87, 91, 122, 140,