Marion Davies
Acting
Born: January 3, 1897 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 22, 1961 (aged 64)
Highest Rated
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.
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Movies (52)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
Congregation Member (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Blondie of the Follies
Blondie McClune
Cain and Mabel
Mabel O'Dare
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
(archive footage)
When Knighthood Was in Flower
Mary Tudor
Little Old New York
Patricia O'Day
Polly of the Circus
Polly Fisher
Show People
Peggy Pepper
The Bride's Play
Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
The Big Parade of Comedy
Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
Quality Street
Phoebe Throssel
Going Hollywood
Sylvia Bruce
Lights of Old Broadway
Fely / Anne
Ever Since Eve
Marge Winton
Marianne
Marianne
It's a Wise Child
Joyce Stanton
The Belle of New York
Violet Gray
The Casting Couch
1995
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Marion Davies
Five and Ten
Jennifer Rarick
The Florodora Girl
Daisy Dell
The Fair Co-Ed
Marion
The Restless Sex
Stephanie
Operator 13
Gail Loveless
Hearts Divided
Betsy Patterson
Getting Mary Married
Mary Bussard
Page Miss Glory
Loretta
Zander the Great
Mamie Smith
The Patsy
Patricia Harrington
Peg o' My Heart
Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
The Red Mill
Tina
Beverly of Graustark
Beverly Calhoun
Yolanda
Princess Mary / Yolanda
Beauty's Worth
Prudence Cole
The Dark Star
Rue Carew
April Folly
April Poole
The Young Diana
Diana May
Tillie the Toiler
Tillie Jones
Not So Dumb
Dulcy
The Bachelor Father
Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
The Wife of the Centaur
Cameo in chorus line
The Cardboard Lover
Sally
The Cinema Murder
Elizabeth Dalston
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Cecilia
The Burden of Proof
Elaine Brooks
Adam and Eva
Eva King
Runaway Romany
Romany
Janice Meredith
Janice Meredith
Enchantment
Ethel Hoyt
Buried Treasure
Pauline Vandermuellen
Self / Appearances (14)
Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 eps
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
Citizen Hearst
Self (archival footage) · 2 eps
A Dream Comes True
Herself (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Self (archive footage)
The Christmas Party
Herself
Writing (2)
Producing (14)
Blondie of the Follies
Producer
Show People
Producer
Quality Street
Producer
It's a Wise Child
Producer
The Belle of New York
Producer
Hearts Divided
Producer
Getting Mary Married
Producer
Page Miss Glory
Producer
The Patsy
Producer
April Folly
Producer
Not So Dumb
Producer
The Bachelor Father
Producer
The Cardboard Lover
Executive Producer
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Producer