- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 3, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 22, 1961
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 …
Filmography
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)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieThe Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
movieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960 · Self
Meet the Family
1954 · Original Story
movieEver Since Eve
1937 · Marge Winton
movieCain and Mabel
1936 · Mabel O'Dare
movieHearts Divided
1936 · Betsy Patterson, Producer
movieBehind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936 · Herself
movieA Dream Comes True
1935 · Herself (uncredited)
moviePirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935 · Marion Davies
moviePage Miss Glory
1935 · Loretta, Producer
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, Producer
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, Producer
movieThe Bachelor Father
1931 · Antoinette "Tony" Flagg, Producer
movieThe Florodora Girl
1930 · Daisy Dell
movieNot So Dumb
1930 · Dulcy, Producer
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self
movieMarianne
1929 · Marianne
movieShow People
1928 · Peggy Pepper, Producer
movieThe Cardboard Lover
1928 · Sally, Executive Producer
movieThe Patsy
1928 · Patricia Harrington, Producer
movieQuality Street
1927 · Phoebe Throssel, Producer
movieThe Fair Co-Ed
1927 · Marion
movieTillie the Toiler
1927 · Tillie Jones
movieThe Red Mill
1927 · Tina
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
movieScreen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922 · Self
movieWhen Knighthood Was in Flower
1922 · Mary Tudor
movieThe Young Diana
1922 · Diana May
movieA Trip to Paramountown
1922 · Self
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, Producer
movieThe Cinema Murder
1919 · Elizabeth Dalston
movieThe Dark Star
1919 · Rue Carew
movieGetting Mary Married
1919 · Mary Bussard, Producer
movieThe Belle of New York
1919 · Violet Gray, Producer
movieThe Burden of Proof
1918 · Elaine Brooks
movieCecilia of the Pink Roses
1918 · Cecilia, Producer
movieRunaway Romany
1917 · Romany, Writer