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person_profile-Marion Davies

Marion Davies Died at age: 64

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marion Davies

Date of Birth:

Jan 03, 1897

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 22, 1961

Biography of

Marion Davies

    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.

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Filmography of

Marion Davies

Found 59 Movies in total

Citizen Hearst

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2001

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

The Casting Couch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Zelig

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

The Love Goddesses

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1960

Ever Since Eve

Marge Winton ( Actor )

... 1937

Cain and Mabel

Mabel O'Dare ( Actor )

... 1936

Hearts Divided

Betsy Patterson ( Actor )

Producer

... 1936

Page Miss Glory

Loretta ( Actor )

Producer

... 1935

Operator 13

Gail Loveless ( Actor )

... 1934

Going Hollywood

Sylvia Bruce ( Actor )

... 1933

Peg o' My Heart

Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell ( Actor )

... 1933

Blondie of the Follies

Blondie McClune ( Actor )

Producer

... 1932

Polly of the Circus

Polly Fisher ( Actor )

... 1932

Five and Ten

Jennifer Rarick ( Actor )

... 1931

It's a Wise Child

Joyce Stanton ( Actor )

Producer

... 1931

The Bachelor Father

Antoinette "Tony" Flagg ( Actor )

Producer

... 1931

The Florodora Girl

Daisy Dell ( Actor )

... 1930

Not So Dumb

Dulcy ( Actor )

Producer

... 1930

... 1929

Show People

Peggy Pepper ( Actor )

Producer

... 1928

The Cardboard Lover

Sally ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1928

The Patsy

Patricia Harrington ( Actor )

Producer

... 1928

Quality Street

Phoebe Throssel ( Actor )

Producer

... 1927

The Fair Co-Ed

Marion ( Actor )

... 1927

Tillie the Toiler

Tillie Jones ( Actor )

... 1927

The Red Mill

Tina ( Actor )

... 1927

Beverly of Graustark

Beverly Calhoun ( Actor )

... 1926

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

Lights of Old Broadway

Fely / Anne ( Actor )

... 1925

Zander the Great

Mamie Smith ( Actor )

... 1925

Janice Meredith

Janice Meredith ( Actor )

... 1924

The Wife of the Centaur

Cameo in chorus line ( Actor )

... 1924

Yolanda

Princess Mary / Yolanda ( Actor )

... 1924

Little Old New York

Patricia O'Day ( Actor )

... 1923

The Pilgrim

Congregation Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1923

Adam and Eva

Eva King ( Actor )

... 1923

When Knighthood Was in Flower

Mary Tudor ( Actor )

... 1922

The Young Diana

Diana May ( Actor )

... 1922

Beauty's Worth

Prudence Cole ( Actor )

... 1922

The Bride's Play

Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett ( Actor )

... 1922

Enchantment

Ethel Hoyt ( Actor )

... 1921

Buried Treasure

Pauline Vandermuellen ( Actor )

... 1921

The Restless Sex

Stephanie ( Actor )

... 1920

April Folly

April Poole ( Actor )

Producer

... 1920

The Cinema Murder

Elizabeth Dalston ( Actor )

... 1919

The Dark Star

Rue Carew ( Actor )

... 1919

Getting Mary Married

Mary Bussard ( Actor )

Producer

... 1919

The Belle of New York

Violet Gray ( Actor )

Producer

... 1919

The Burden of Proof

Elaine Brooks ( Actor )

... 1918

Cecilia of the Pink Roses

Cecilia ( Actor )

Producer

... 1918

Runaway Romany

Romany ( Actor )

Writer

... 1917