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Marion Davies

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1897-01-03

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Dream Comes True

A Dream Comes True

1935

5.5

Movie
A Trip to Paramountown

A Trip to Paramountown

1922

6.0

Movie
Adam and Eva

Adam and Eva

1923

0.0

Movie
April Folly

April Folly

1920

7.0

Movie
Beauty's Worth

Beauty's Worth

1922

6.1

Movie
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

1936

6.0

Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

7.3

Movie
Beverly of Graustark

Beverly of Graustark

1926

5.3

Movie
Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies

1932

6.0

Movie
Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure

1921

5.0

Movie
Cain and Mabel

Cain and Mabel

1936

6.2

Movie
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

2001

5.5

Movie
Cecilia of the Pink Roses

Cecilia of the Pink Roses

1918

0.0

Movie
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

7.0

Movie
Citizen Hearst

Citizen Hearst

2021

0.0

Movie
Enchantment

Enchantment

1921

5.7

Movie
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937

5.8

Movie
Five and Ten

Five and Ten

1931

6.3

Movie
Getting Mary Married

Getting Mary Married

1919

3.7

Movie
Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood

1933

5.5

Movie
Hearts Divided

Hearts Divided

1936

5.0

Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

6.0

Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

6.0

Movie
It's a Wise Child

It's a Wise Child

1931

0.0

Movie
Janice Meredith

Janice Meredith

1924

5.0

Movie
Lights of Old Broadway

Lights of Old Broadway

1925

6.0

Movie
Little Old New York

Little Old New York

1923

6.4

Movie
Marianne

Marianne

1929

6.5

Movie
Not So Dumb

Not So Dumb

1930

5.1

Movie
Operator 13

Operator 13

1934

5.7

Movie
Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory

1935

6.3

Movie
Peg o' My Heart

Peg o' My Heart

1933

5.2

Movie
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

1935

5.6

Movie
Polly of the Circus

Polly of the Circus

1932

5.2

Movie
Quality Street

Quality Street

1927

6.9

Movie
Runaway Romany

Runaway Romany

1917

0.0

Movie
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

1922

0.0

Movie
Show People

Show People

1928

7.1

Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

6.9

Movie
The Bachelor Father

The Bachelor Father

1931

6.0

Movie
The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

1996

7.3

Movie
The Belle of New York

The Belle of New York

1919

5.0

Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

6.3

Movie
The Bride's Play

The Bride's Play

1922

5.1

Movie
The Burden of Proof

The Burden of Proof

1918

0.0

Movie
The Cardboard Lover

The Cardboard Lover

1928

5.7

Movie
The Christmas Party

The Christmas Party

1931

4.9

Movie
The Cinema Murder

The Cinema Murder

1919

0.0

Movie
The Dark Star

The Dark Star

1919

0.0

Movie
The Fair Co-Ed

The Fair Co-Ed

1927

5.5

Movie
The Florodora Girl

The Florodora Girl

1930

6.2

Movie
The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

5.7

Movie
The Patsy

The Patsy

1928

6.8

Movie
The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim

1923

6.8

Movie
The Red Mill

The Red Mill

1927

6.6

Movie
The Restless Sex

The Restless Sex

1920

0.0

Movie
The Wife of the Centaur

The Wife of the Centaur

1924

1.0

Movie
The Young Diana

The Young Diana

1922

0.0

Movie
Tillie the Toiler

Tillie the Toiler

1927

0.0

Movie
When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower

1922

5.7

Movie
Yolanda

Yolanda

1924

6.0

Movie
Zander the Great

Zander the Great

1925

6.0

Movie