Marion Davies
Acting
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
Acting67
movieCitizen Hearst
2021
Self (archival footage)
tvCitizen Hearst
2021
Self (archival footage)
movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
(archive footage)
movieMurders of Hollywood
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieCaptured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001
(archive footage)
movieThe Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
movieEver Since Eve
1937
Marge Winton
movieCain and Mabel
1936
Mabel O'Dare
movieHearts Divided
1936
Betsy Patterson
movieA Dream Comes True
1935
Herself (uncredited)
moviePirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
Marion Davies
moviePage Miss Glory
1935
Loretta
movieOperator 13
1934
Gail Loveless
movieGoing Hollywood
1933
Sylvia Bruce
moviePeg o' My Heart
1933
Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
movieBlondie of the Follies
1932
Blondie McClune
moviePolly of the Circus
1932
Polly Fisher
movieThe Christmas Party
1931
Herself
movieFive and Ten
1931
Jennifer Rarick
movieIt's a Wise Child
1931
Joyce Stanton
movieThe Bachelor Father
1931
Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
movieThe Florodora Girl
1930
Daisy Dell
movieNot So Dumb
1930
Dulcy
movieMarianne
1929
Marianne
movieShow People
1928
Peggy Pepper
movieThe Patsy
1928
Patricia Harrington
movieQuality Street
1927
Phoebe Throssel
movieThe Fair Co-Ed
1927
Marion
movieTillie the Toiler
1927
Tillie Jones
movieBeverly of Graustark
1926
Beverly Calhoun
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieLights of Old Broadway
1925
Fely / Anne
movieZander the Great
1925
Mamie Smith
movieJanice Meredith
1924
Janice Meredith
movieThe Wife of the Centaur
1924
Cameo in chorus line
movieYolanda
1924
Princess Mary / Yolanda
movieLittle Old New York
1923
Patricia O'Day
movieThe Pilgrim
1923
Congregation Member (uncredited)
movieAdam and Eva
1923
Eva King
movieWhen Knighthood Was in Flower
1922
Mary Tudor
movieThe Young Diana
1922
Diana May
movieBeauty's Worth
1922
Prudence Cole
movieThe Bride's Play
1922
Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
movieEnchantment
1921
Ethel Hoyt
movieBuried Treasure
1921
Pauline Vandermuellen
movieThe Restless Sex
1920
Stephanie
movieApril Folly
1920
April Poole
movieThe Cinema Murder
1919
Elizabeth Dalston
movieThe Dark Star
1919
Rue Carew
movieGetting Mary Married
1919
Mary Bussard
movieThe Belle of New York
1919
Violet Gray
movieThe Burden of Proof
1918
Elaine Brooks
movieRunaway Romany
1917
Romany
Production14
movieHearts Divided
1936
Producer
moviePage Miss Glory
1935
Producer
movieBlondie of the Follies
1932
Producer
movieIt's a Wise Child
1931
Producer
movieThe Bachelor Father
1931
Producer
movieNot So Dumb
1930
Producer
movieShow People
1928
Producer
movieThe Cardboard Lover
1928
Executive Producer
movieThe Patsy
1928
Producer
movieQuality Street
1927
Producer
movieApril Folly
1920
Producer
movieGetting Mary Married
1919
Producer
movieThe Belle of New York
1919
Producer
Writing2
Meet the Family
1954
Original Story
movieRunaway Romany
1917
Writer