Known for movies
Short Info
Died | June 22, 1993, Park Ridge, New Jersey, United States |
Spouse | Richard Nixon |
Fact | Shares her name with a character in Tom Clancy's novel. Jack Ryan's wife is named Catherine Ryan. Appropriately, she too becomes First Lady of the United States. |
Pat Nixon was born Thelma Catherine Ryan in 1912 in Ely, Nevada, the second of three daughters of William Ryan, a miner, and Kate Halpin Ryan, a dressmaker. Her father’s job meant the family moved around a lot and she attended a number of different schools, eventually graduating from Excelsior High School in Placentia, California in 1929.
Her early career was as a teacher, but she soon moved into government work, first as a secretary in the office of the U.S. House of Representatives and then as a staff member for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was during her time working for the FBI that she met her future husband, Richard Nixon. They married in 1940 and had two daughters, Patricia and Julie.
Pat Nixon was an active First Lady, campaigning for her husband during his successful runs for Congress and the Senate, as well as during his two presidential campaigns. She also worked to promote a number of causes, including cancer research and literacy. After her husband’s resignation from office in 1974, she largely retired from public life, although she did make a few appearances on behalf of her husband during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1980.
Pat Nixon died in 1993 at the age of 81. Her husband died two years later.
Pat Nixon was born Thelma Catherine Ryan in 1912 in Ely, Nevada, the second of three daughters of William Ryan, a miner, and Kate Halpin Ryan, a dressmaker. Her father’s job meant the family moved around a lot and she attended a number of different schools, eventually graduating from Excelsior High School in Placentia, California in 1929.
Her early career was as a teacher, but she soon moved into government work, first as a secretary in the office of the U.S. House of Representatives and then as a staff member for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was during her time working for the FBI that she met her future husband, Richard Nixon. They married in 1940 and had two daughters, Patricia and Julie.
Pat Nixon was an active First Lady, campaigning for her husband during his successful runs for Congress and the Senate, as well as during his two presidential campaigns. She also worked to promote a number of causes, including cancer research and literacy. After her husband’s resignation from office in 1974, she largely retired from public life, although she did make a few appearances on behalf of her husband during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1980.
Pat Nixon died in 1993 at the age of 81. Her husband died two years later.
General Info
Full Name | Pat Nixon |
Died | June 22, 1993, Park Ridge, New Jersey, United States |
Profession | Teacher, Secretary, Technician, Economist, Spokesperson, Municipal clerk |
Education | Fullerton College, University of Southern California |
Nationality | American |
Family
Spouse | Richard Nixon |
Children | Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox |
Parents | Katherine Halberstadt, William Ryan, Sr |
Siblings | William M. Ryan Jr., Matthew Bender, Neva Bender, Thomas Ryan |
Accomplishments
Movies | Dancing Pirate |
Social profile links
Quotes
# | Quote |
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1 | I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my husband. |
Facts
# | Fact |
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1 | Attended Fullerton Junior College, 1931-1933. |
2 | Shares her name with a character in Tom Clancy's novel. Jack Ryan's wife is named Catherine Ryan. Appropriately, she too becomes First Lady of the United States. |
3 | Her father, William M. Ryan, Sr., was a sailor, gold miner, and truck farmer of Irish descent. Her mother, Katherine Halberstadt, was a German immigrant. She had two older brothers, William M. Jr. (1910-1997) and Thomas (1911-1992), and also had a half-sister, Neva Bender (born 1909), and a half-brother, Matthew Bender (born 1907), from her mother's first marriage. |
4 | Pat was a nickname given her by her father, referring to her birth date and Irish ancestry, though she also used the name Patricia, which is used on her tombstone though it was not her legal name. |
5 | Suffered strokes in 1976 and 1982 and recovered fully from both. She also suffered from emphysema (she had been a heavy smoker), a degenerative spinal disease and cancer of the mouth. In December 1992, while hospitalized for respiratory problems, the lung cancer was diagnosed and she made no further public appearances. |
6 | First lady of the United States (1969-1974). |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Dancing Pirate | 1936 | Dance-Class Student (uncredited) | |
Small Town Girl | 1936 | Thelma 'Pat' Ryan (uncredited) | |
The Great Ziegfeld | 1936 | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) | |
Becky Sharp | 1935 | Ballroom Dance Extra (uncredited) |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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America's Book of Secrets | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Biography | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | 1973 | TV Special documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Laugh-In | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
Gala Day at Disneyland | 1960 | Short | Herself |
Disneyland '59 | 1959 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Checkers Speech | 1952 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
How to Win the US Presidency | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
Race for the White House | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - First Lady |
The Presidents' Gatekeepers | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Our Nixon | 2013 | Documentary | Herself |
America's Book of Secrets | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
J. Edgar | 2011 | Herself (uncredited) | |
20/20 | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Kennedys | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - First Lady of the United States |
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | 2010 | Documentary | Herself (as Patricia Nixon) |
The Nixon Library | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
All the Presidents' Wives | 2008 | Video documentary | Herself |
Banda sonora | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | 2008 | Documentary | Herself - 1972 Convention (uncredited) |
Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic | 2007 | Video documentary | Herself - the Richard Nixon Family (uncredited) |
1968 with Tom Brokaw | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Mad Men | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
The U.S. vs. John Lennon | 2006 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Wanderlust | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Delegate | 2006 | Documentary short | Herself |
Declassified | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Inside Deep Throat | 2005 | Documentary | Herself - First Lady of the United States (uncredited) |
War Stories with Oliver North | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
American Experience | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | 2004 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Power and Beauty | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
K-19: The Widowmaker | 2002 | Herself (with Richard) (uncredited) | |
The Trials of Henry Kissinger | 2002 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
The X-Files | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
Steal This Movie | 2000 | Herself (at her husband's inauguration) (uncredited) | |
The Korean War: Fire and Ice | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself (at Republican convention with Ike and Dick) (uncredited) |
The Century: America's Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - First Lady |
Biography | 1996-1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - as First Lady Pat Nixon |
Cold War | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The White House | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Inside the White House | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Speeches of Richard Nixon | 1995 | Video documentary | Herself - Votes in 1960 Election, Awaits Results |
Nixon | 1995 | Herself - Leaving White House after Resignation (uncredited) | |
Truman | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself - Eisenhower Inauguration (uncredited) |
The Century of Warfare | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
Watergate | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins | 1992 | Documentary | Herself - Leaves White House After Resignation |
Citizen Cohn | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
Memories of 1970-1991 | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
JFK | 1991 | Herself - with Richard Nixon (uncredited) | |
Dark Days at the White House: The Watergate Scandal and the Resignation of President Richard M. Nixon | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
We Can Keep You Forever | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1980 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Ten Thousand Day War | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Newsfront | 1978 | Herself (uncredited) | |
All the President's Men | 1976 | Herself (uncredited) | |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Herself |
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story | 1971 | TV Short | Herself (uncredited) |
The Happy Ending | 1969 | Herself (uncredited) | |
NBC White Paper | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Visits Latin America, 1958 |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia