Nancy Reagan maid returned to work at the White House. In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to visit Washington, D.C. since Nikita Khrushchev made the trip in 1959 at the height of the Cold War. Nancy was in charge of planning and hosting the important and highly anticipated state dinner, with the goal to impress both the Soviet leader and especially his wife Raisa Gorbacheva. After the meal, she recruited pianist Van Cliburn to play a rendition of "Moscow Nights" for the Soviet delegation, to which Mikhail and Raisa broke out into song. Secretary of State George P. Shultz
Raisa Padamsee Raisa Padamsee Raisa Padamsee is an Indian film actress, who acted in well-known Indian auteur Mani Kaul's 1973 Hindi film "Duvidha". Half-French, Raisa is the daughter of well-known painter Akbar Padamsee and Solange Gunelle. She was named by well-known artist M.F. Hussain, whose own daughter too is named Raisa. She played the female protagonist in the critically acclaimed film "Duvidha" that won best director's national award and Critics Award for Best Film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards. Raisa did not know a word of Hindi and only spoke French, when she played the role of the silent bride in the