Maureen Reagan
Reagan in 1995
Born	(1941-01-04)January 4, 1941 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	August 8, 2001(2001-08-08) (aged 60) Granite Bay, California, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum,Sacramento, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	John Filippone ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1962)​ David Sills ​ ​ (m. 1964; div. 1967)​ Dennis C. Revell ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	1
Parents	Ronald Reagan (father) Jane Wyman (mother)
Relatives	Michael Reagan (brother) Patti Davis (half-sister) Ron Reagan (half-brother) Nancy Reagan (stepmother)

Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001) was an American political activist and the first child of U.S. presidentRonald Reagan and his first wife, actressJane Wyman.^[2] Her younger brother isMichael Reagan and her half-siblings arePatti Davis andRon Reagan, from her father's second marriage (toNancy Reagan).

Reagan was born January 4, 1941,^[3] in Los Angeles, where she was raised. She graduated from Marymount Secondary School,Tarrytown, New York, in 1958 and briefly attendedMarymount University inVirginia.^[4] She worked forWalker & Dunlop and entered theMiss Washington competition in 1959.^[5]

Her parents also had another daughter, Christine, who died shortly after birth.

Reagan pursued a career in acting in her youth, appearing in films such asKissin' Cousins (1964) in which she featured alongsideElvis Presley. She played Mrs. Moss on "The Love Boat" S2 E6 "Ship of Ghouls" oppositeVincent Price as The Amazing Alonzo. The episode aired on 10/27/1978.

Reagan was the first son or daughter of a U.S. president to be elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee.^[6] However, both of her attempts at election to political office ended in defeat.^[7] She ran unsuccessfully for theUnited States Senate from California in 1982 (which was eventually won byPete Wilson) and in 1992 forCalifornia's 36th congressional district.^{[8][9]: 77–78}

Although they maintained a united front, Maureen Reagan differed from her father on several key issues. Although rearedRoman Catholic following her mother's conversion, she waspro-choice onabortion.^[9]: 77 She also held the belief thatOliver North should have beencourt-martialed.^[10]

After her father announced his diagnosis ofAlzheimer's disease in 1994, Maureen Reagan became a member of theAlzheimer's Association board of directors and served as the group's spokeswoman. While hospitalized formelanoma cancer towards the end of her life, Maureen was only floors away from her father who had suffered a severe fall.^[11]

In 1960, Maureen's by-then divorced parents became concerned about her. Ronald Reagan used his connections at the FBI − established during his work as ananti-communist informant − to request the agency to investigate her romantic life. The agency did so on condition that the FBI not be cited as a source, and reported that she was living with an older, married man who was a police officer.^[12]

Maureen Reagan was married three times:

• John Filippone, a policeman; they were married in 1961 and divorced the following year.^[13]
• David G. Sills, a lawyer and Marine Corps officer; they married on February 28, 1964; the couple divorced in 1967.^[13] He would later go on to become Mayor ofIrvine, California and Presiding Justice of theCalifornia Court of Appeal for the 4th District.
• Dennis C. Revell, CEO of Revell Communications (a national public relations/public affairs firm), whom she married on April 25, 1981.^[13] She and Revell adopted one daughter, Margaret "Rita" Mirembe Revell, who was born in Uganda.^{[1][14][15][16]} The Revells became Rita's guardians in 1994. They adopted her in 2001.^[1] Rita was the beneficiary of a private bill to facilitate her adoption as Maureen and Dennis Revell were unable to complete the necessary paperwork and other requirements by the Ugandan government, including a personal visitation to that country, due, in large part, to Maureen Reagan Revell's terminal cancer.^{[1][16][17][18]}

Reagan died inGranite Bay, California, on August 8, 2001, aged 60, frommelanoma.^[4] She is interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento, California.^[19]

Reagan volunteered with actorDavid Hyde Pierce, of TV'sFrasier, at the Alzheimer's Association. At her funeral on August 19, 2001, Pierce spoke to the mourners at theCathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, and recalled his friend's attitude to her illness. "When she was given lemons, she did not make lemonade. She took the lemons, threw them back and said, 'Oh, no you don't.'"^[20]

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