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Gahagan was born in Boonton, New Jersey of Scotch-Irish descent, and reared Episcopalian.
She graduated from the Berkeley Institute in 1920, and from Barnard College in 1924.
Gahagan became a well-known star on Broadway in the 1920s.
In 1931, she married actor Melvyn Douglas.
Gahagan starred in only one Hollywood movie, She in 1935, playing Hash-a-Motep, queen of a lost city.
The movie, based on H. Rider Haggard's novel of the same name, is perhaps best known for popularizing a phrase from the novel, " She who must be obeyed.
" Her character and costuming in She served as the inspiration for the appearance of the Evil Queen in Walt Disney's 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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