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Marion Davies
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Marion Davies
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1897-01-03,Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Davies was already building a solid reputation as a film comedienne when newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, with whom she had begun a romantic relationship, took over management of her career. Hearst financed Davies' pictures, promoted her heavily through his newspapers and Hearst Newsreels, and pressured studios to cast her in historical dramas for which she was ill-suited. For this reason, Davies is better remembered today as Hearst's mistress and the hostess of many lavish events for the Hollywood elite. In particular, her name is linked with the 1924 scandal aboard Hearst's yacht where one of his guests, film producer Thomas Ince, became ill. Despite the legend surrounding Ince's death, likely from alcohol consumption, he did not die on the Hearst yacht. The producer died a few days later in the arms of his wife. In the film Citizen Kane (1941), the title character's wife—an untalented singer whom he tries to promote—was widely assumed to be based on Davies. But many commentators, including Citizen Kane writer/director Orson Welles himself, have defended Davies' record as a gifted actress, to whom Hearst's patronage did more harm than good. She retired from the screen in 1937, choosing to devote herself to Hearst and charitable work. In Hearst's declining years, Davies provided financial as well as emotional support until his death in 1951. She married for the first time eleven weeks after his death, a marriage which lasted until Davies died of stomach cancer in 1961 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Blondie of the Follies

6

Blondie of the Follies
1932-09-01

0

Citizen Hearst
2021-09-27

7.1

Show People
1928-11-20

5.8

Ever Since Eve
1937-07-15

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

6

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936-01-01

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

5.708

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23

Going Hollywood

5.5

Going Hollywood
1933-12-22

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

0

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922-11-05

The Wife of the Centaur

1

The Wife of the Centaur
1924-12-01

6.8

The Patsy
1928-04-22

6.3

Five and Ten
1931-06-13

When Knighthood Was in Flower

5.7

When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922-09-15

The Cardboard Lover

5.7

The Cardboard Lover
1928-09-02

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

5.7

Operator 13
1934-06-08

Janice Meredith

5

Janice Meredith
1924-12-08

6.6

The Red Mill
1927-01-29

The Cinema Murder

0

The Cinema Murder
1919-12-14

6.5

Marianne
1929-08-24

Peg o' My Heart

5.2

Peg o' My Heart
1933-05-26

The Florodora Girl

6.2

The Florodora Girl
1930-05-31

6.3

Cain and Mabel
1936-09-26

5.5

The Fair Co-Ed
1927-10-22

5

Hearts Divided
1936-06-20

6.1

Beauty's Worth
1922-05-14

Page Miss Glory

6.3

Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07

Little Old New York

6.4

Little Old New York
1923-08-01

Polly of the Circus

5.1

Polly of the Circus
1932-02-27

5.1

Not So Dumb
1930-02-02

The Bachelor Father

6

The Bachelor Father
1931-01-10

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

7

Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03

A Trip to Paramountown

6

A Trip to Paramountown
1922-07-10

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

6

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10

The Christmas Party

5.4

The Christmas Party
1931-12-17

5.7

Enchantment
1921-10-29

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

7.2

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996-01-29

Beverly of Graustark

5.3

Beverly of Graustark
1926-04-18

Zander the Great

6

Zander the Great
1925-05-01

0

Adam and Eva
1923-02-11

6.9

Quality Street
1927-11-01

The Restless Sex

0

The Restless Sex
1920-11-12

It's a Wise Child

0

It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10

6.8

The Pilgrim
1923-02-19

Getting Mary Married

3.7

Getting Mary Married
1919-04-19

Lights of Old Broadway

6

Lights of Old Broadway
1925-10-31

The Bride's Play

5.1

The Bride's Play
1922-01-22

That's Entertainment! III

6.9

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

7

April Folly
1920-03-20

The Belle of New York

5

The Belle of New York
1919-03-26

Buried Treasure

5

Buried Treasure
1921-04-09

A Dream Comes True

5.5

A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

5.6

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935-11-20

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25

The Young Diana

0

The Young Diana
1922-08-27

Tillie the Toiler

0

Tillie the Toiler
1927-06-05

6

Yolanda
1924-09-15

The Love Goddesses

6.3

The Love Goddesses
1965-03-03

The Big Parade of Comedy

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

Cecilia of the Pink Roses

0

Cecilia of the Pink Roses
1918-06-02

0

Runaway Romany
1917-12-23

The Burden of Proof

0

The Burden of Proof
1918-09-21

0

The Dark Star
1919-08-03

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

5.5

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001-02-14