Cast & creator
Marion Davies
Best known for Hollywood, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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.
Also known as: Marion Cecelia Douras, Marion Davis, Меріон Дейвіс, Marion Cecilia Douras
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1917–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Show People
Peggy Pepper
1928Show People
Producer
1928
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
A Dream Comes True
Herself (uncredited)
1935
Citizen Hearst
Self (archival footage)
2021
Blondie of the Follies
Blondie McClune
1932Blondie of the Follies
Producer
1932
The Big Parade of Comedy
Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
1964
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960
It's a Wise Child
Joyce Stanton
1931It's a Wise Child
Producer
1931Checking Out: Grand Hotel
(archive footage)
2004
The Pilgrim
Congregation Member (uncredited)
1923
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self (archive footage)
1996
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015
When Knighthood Was in Flower
Mary Tudor
1922
The Fair Co-Ed
Marion
1927
The Bride's Play
Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
1922
Peg o' My Heart
Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
1933
The Casting Couch
1995
Operator 13
Gail Loveless
1934
Ever Since Eve
Marge Winton
1937
Marianne
Marianne
1929
Polly of the Circus
Polly Fisher
1932
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
(archive footage)
2001
Little Old New York
Patricia O'Day
1923
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Marion Davies
1935
Not So Dumb
Dulcy
1930Not So Dumb
Producer
1930
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
1922
The Florodora Girl
Daisy Dell
1930
Five and Ten
Jennifer Rarick
1931
The Belle of New York
Violet Gray
1919The Belle of New York
Producer
1919
The Wife of the Centaur
Cameo in chorus line
1924
Cain and Mabel
Mabel O'Dare
1936
Page Miss Glory
Loretta
1935Page Miss Glory
Producer
1935
Going Hollywood
Sylvia Bruce
1933
Hearts Divided
Betsy Patterson
1936Hearts Divided
Producer
1936
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Self (archive footage)
1991
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Lights of Old Broadway
Fely / Anne
1925
Tillie the Toiler
Tillie Jones
1927
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
1922
Quality Street
Phoebe Throssel
1927Quality Street
Producer
1927
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self
1936
The Dark Star
Rue Carew
1919
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Cecilia
1918Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Producer
1918
The Burden of Proof
Elaine Brooks
1918
Janice Meredith
Janice Meredith
1924
The Young Diana
Diana May
1922
The Bachelor Father
Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
1931The Bachelor Father
Producer
1931
The Patsy
Patricia Harrington
1928The Patsy
Producer
1928
Adam and Eva
Eva King
1923
The Cardboard Lover
Sally
1928The Cardboard Lover
Executive Producer
1928
The Red Mill
Tina
1927
Zander the Great
Mamie Smith
1925
The Christmas Party
Herself
1931
Getting Mary Married
Mary Bussard
1919Getting Mary Married
Producer
1919
Enchantment
Ethel Hoyt
1921
Beverly of Graustark
Beverly Calhoun
1926
Beauty's Worth
Prudence Cole
1922
The Cinema Murder
Elizabeth Dalston
1919
Meet the Family
Original Story
1954
The Restless Sex
Stephanie
1920
Yolanda
Princess Mary / Yolanda
1924
April Folly
April Poole
1920April Folly
Producer
1920
Runaway Romany
Romany
1917Runaway Romany
Writer
1917
Buried Treasure
Pauline Vandermuellen
1921