Edith Luckett Davis

Edith Luckett Davis
Edith Luckett Davis with her daughter, Nancy, 1931
Born	Edith Prescott Luckett (1888-07-16)July 16, 1888 Petersburg, Virginia
Died	October 26, 1987(1987-10-26) (aged 99) Scottsdale, Arizona
Cause of death	Stroke
Spouse(s)	Kenneth Seymour Robbins (1916–1928; divorced; 1 child) Dr. Loyal Edward Davis (1929–1982; his death)
Children	Nancy Reagan (1921-2016)
Parent(s)	Charles Edward Luckett Sarah Frances Whitlock

Edith Prescott Luckett Davis (July 16, 1888 – October 26, 1987) was a film and Broadway stage actress in the 1910s and 1920s. She was the mother of Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and mother-in-law of US president Ronald Reagan.

Edith Luckett, nicknamed "Lucky", was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the ninth and youngest child of Sarah Frances (Whitlock) and Charles Edward Luckett.

She grew up in Washington, D.C., as her father worked for the Adams Express Company. Known for her vivacious and outgoing personality and style.

Luckett began acting at the age of 15. She appeared in several films, including The Other Girl (1915). She acted on stage, most notably on Broadway but also with several regional stock companies. She performed and became friends with such stars as Walter Huston, George M. Cohan and Spencer Tracy. Other friends in the business included Zasu Pitts, Louis Calhern, David Belasco and Alla Nazimova. Her last acting role was in 1928, with Walter Huston and Kay Francis in Elmer the Great.

Luckett married Kenneth Seymour Robbins of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1916. The couple had one daughter, christened Anne Frances Robbins, but known as Nancy. Luckett and Robbins separated soon after Nancy's birth, and later divorced. In order for Luckett to support herself and her daughter, she chose to resume her stage career, and arranged to have her daughter live with her sister's family in Bethesda, Maryland, while she toured the East Coast with acting troupes. She would visit her daughter in Maryland when time allowed.