Nancy Davis is born, July 6, 1921
Anne Frances Robbins was born in New York City. Her mother was an actress, her father a traveling salesman. After they split up when the child was six, Nancy was sent to live with a family in Maryland. A year later, her mother married a Chicago neurosurgeon named Loyal Davis, who adopted Nancy and gave her his name. She studied dramatic arts at Smith College, then went to Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. She was given a contract with MGM, and made eleven feature films between 1949 and 1958.