Marion Davies
Known for Acting · 64 credits
- Born
- 1897-01-03
- Died
- 1961-09-22
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Marion Cecelia Douras · Marion Davis · Меріон Дейвіс · Marion Cecilia Douras
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
Operator 13
1934
as Gail Loveless
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
1923
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
Show People
1928
as Peggy Pepper
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
as Marion Davies
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Movies (64)
Operator 13
1934
as Gail Loveless
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
1923
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
Show People
1928
as Peggy Pepper
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
as Marion Davies
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Blondie McClune
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922
as Mary Tudor
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Marianne
1929
as Marianne
Not So Dumb
1930
as Dulcy
Hearts Divided
1936
as Betsy Patterson
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Five and Ten
1931
as Jennifer Rarick
The Christmas Party
1931
as Herself
Little Old New York
1923
as Patricia O'Day
Cain and Mabel
1936
as Mabel O'Dare
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Marge Winton
Lights of Old Broadway
1925
as Fely / Anne
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood
1933
as Sylvia Bruce
Beauty's Worth
1922
as Prudence Cole
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001
as (archive footage)
The Bachelor Father
1931
as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
Quality Street
1927
as Phoebe Throssel
Tillie the Toiler
1927
as Tillie Jones
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Herself (uncredited)
It's a Wise Child
1931
as Joyce Stanton
The Florodora Girl
1930
as Daisy Dell
The Patsy
1928
as Patricia Harrington
Yolanda
1924
as Princess Mary / Yolanda
The Casting Couch
1995
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Loretta
Zander the Great
1925
as Mamie Smith
Runaway Romany
1917
as Romany
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
as Marion
The Belle of New York
1919
as Violet Gray
The Restless Sex
1920
as Stephanie
The Bride's Play
1922
as Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
Murders of Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Getting Mary Married
1919
as Mary Bussard
Adam and Eva
1923
as Eva King
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
1918
as Cecilia
Citizen Hearst
2021
as Self (archival footage)
The Red Mill
1927
as Tina
Buried Treasure
1921
as Pauline Vandermuellen
The Dark Star
1919
as Rue Carew
Janice Meredith
1924
as Janice Meredith
Enchantment
1921
as Ethel Hoyt
April Folly
1920
as April Poole
Beverly of Graustark
1926
as Beverly Calhoun
Polly of the Circus
1932
as Polly Fisher
The Cardboard Lover
1928
as Sally
The Young Diana
1922
as Diana May
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
as Herself
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
as Self
The Wife of the Centaur
1924
as Cameo in chorus line
The Cinema Murder
1919
as Elizabeth Dalston
The Burden of Proof
1918
as Elaine Brooks
About 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, Davie… With 64 credits spanning from 1917 to 2021, Marion Davies has appeared in 64 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marion Davies Movies
- Operator 13 (1934) — as Gail Loveless
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- The Pilgrim (1923) — as Congregation Member (uncredited)
- Show People (1928) — as Peggy Pepper
- Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935) — as Marion Davies
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