
Marion Davies
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-01-03
Day of Death
1961-09-22 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Marion Davies
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.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
Citizen Hearst
as Self (archival footage)
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as (archive footage)
(2003)
(2001)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as (archive footage)
(1996)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1937)
Ever Since Eve
as Marge Winton
(1936)
Cain and Mabel
as Mabel O'Dare
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Betsy Patterson
(1936)
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Herself
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Herself (uncredited)
(1935)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Marion Davies
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Loretta
(1934)
Operator 13
as Gail Loveless
(1933)
Going Hollywood
as Sylvia Bruce
(1933)
Peg o' My Heart
as Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
as Blondie McClune
(1932)
Polly of the Circus
as Polly Fisher
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Jennifer Rarick
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Herself
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
as Joyce Stanton
(1930)
Not So Dumb
as Dulcy
(1930)
The Florodora Girl
as Daisy Dell
(1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
(1929)
Marianne
as Marianne
(1928)
Show People
as Peggy Pepper
(1928)
The Patsy
as Patricia Harrington
(1928)
The Cardboard Lover
as Sally
(1927)
The Red Mill
as Tina
(1927)
Quality Street
as Phoebe Throssel
(1927)
The Fair Co-Ed
as Marion
(1927)
Tillie the Toiler
as Tillie Jones
(1926)
Beverly of Graustark
as Beverly Calhoun
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925)
Zander the Great
as Mamie Smith
(1925)
Lights of Old Broadway
as Fely / Anne
(1924)
Yolanda
as Princess Mary / Yolanda
(1924)
Janice Meredith
as Janice Meredith
(1924)
The Wife of the Centaur
as Cameo in chorus line
(1923)
The Pilgrim
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
(1923)
Little Old New York
as Patricia O'Day
(1923)
Adam and Eva
as Eva King
(1922)
When Knighthood Was in Flower
as Mary Tudor
(1922)
Beauty's Worth
as Prudence Cole
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
The Bride's Play
as Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
(1922)
The Young Diana
as Diana May
(1922)
(1921)
Enchantment
as Ethel Hoyt
(1921)
Buried Treasure
as Pauline Vandermuellen
(1920)
The Restless Sex
as Stephanie
(1920)
April Folly
as April Poole
(1919)
The Cinema Murder
as Elizabeth Dalston
(1919)
Getting Mary Married
as Mary Bussard
(1919)
The Belle of New York
as Violet Gray
(1919)
The Dark Star
as Rue Carew
(1918)
The Burden of Proof
as Elaine Brooks
(1918)
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Cecilia
(1917)
Runaway Romany
as Romany
Crew
(1936)
Hearts Divided
Producer
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
Producer
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
Producer
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
Producer
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
Producer
(1930)
Not So Dumb
Producer
(1928)
The Cardboard Lover
Executive Producer
(1928)
The Patsy
Producer
(1928)
Show People
Producer
(1927)
Quality Street
Producer
(1920)
April Folly
Producer
(1919)
Getting Mary Married
Producer
(1919)
The Belle of New York
Producer
(1918)
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Producer
(1917)
Runaway Romany
Writer