Happy birthday Nancy Reagan (34 images)

In honor of Nancy Reagan's 91st birthday on Friday, June 6, we celebrate the former first lady's noted warmth, poise and ready smile in this UPI photo collection.

At a party on February 6, 1981, celebrating Reagan's 70th birthday, the president cuts in on Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan. (UPI Photo/Michael Evans/The White House)

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Nancy Reagan (R) and actress Claudette Colbert take a walk in the surf near Colbert's residence in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 9, 1982. At right is Mrs. William Buckley. (UPI Photo/Files)

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Nancy Reagan rehearses with Gary Coleman, star of "Diff'rent Strokes," prior to her guest appearance on the show in 1983. (UPI Photo/Larry Rubenstein)

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Nancy Reagan hugs a stuffed animal December 14, 1988 while on a tour of the Children's Hospital. (UPI Photo/Joe Marquette)

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