Marion Davies

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-01-03 (64 years old)

Deathday

1961-09-22

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 Hol...

Acting

1932

Blondie of the Follies

as Blondie McClune

2021

Citizen Hearst

as Self (archival footage)

1928

Show People

as Peggy Pepper

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Marge Winton

1933

Going Hollywood

as Sylvia Bruce

1924

The Wife of the Centaur

as Cameo in chorus line

1928

The Patsy

as Patricia Harrington

1931

Five and Ten

as Jennifer Rarick

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1934

Operator 13

as Gail Loveless

1924

Janice Meredith

as Janice Meredith

1927

1919

The Cinema Murder

as Elizabeth Dalston

1929

Marianne

as Marianne

1933

Peg o' My Heart

as Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell

1930

The Florodora Girl

as Daisy Dell

1936

Cain and Mabel

as Mabel O'Dare

1927

1936

Hearts Divided

as Betsy Patterson

1922

Beauty's Worth

as Prudence Cole

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Loretta

1923

Little Old New York

as Patricia O'Day

1932

Polly of the Circus

as Polly Fisher

1930

Not So Dumb

as Dulcy

1931

The Bachelor Father

as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as (archive footage)

1931

1921

Enchantment

as Ethel Hoyt

1996

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

as Self (archive footage)

1926

Beverly of Graustark

as Beverly Calhoun

1925

Zander the Great

as Mamie Smith

1923

Adam and Eva

as Eva King

1927

Quality Street

as Phoebe Throssel

1920

The Restless Sex

as Stephanie

1931

It's a Wise Child

as Joyce Stanton

1923

The Pilgrim

as Congregation Member (uncredited)

1919

Getting Mary Married

as Mary Bussard

1925

1922

The Bride's Play

as Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1920

April Folly

as April Poole

1919

The Belle of New York

as Violet Gray

1921

Buried Treasure

as Pauline Vandermuellen

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Herself (uncredited)

1935

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1922

The Young Diana

as Diana May

1927

Tillie the Toiler

as Tillie Jones

1924

Yolanda

as Princess Mary / Yolanda

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)

1917

1918

The Burden of Proof

as Elaine Brooks

1919

The Dark Star

as Rue Carew

Production

1932

1930

Not So Dumb

as Producer

1931

1927

Quality Street

as Producer

1928

The Cardboard Lover

as Executive Producer

1928

Show People

as Producer

1928

The Patsy

as Producer

1919

1920

April Folly

as Producer

1919

1931

1936

Hearts Divided

as Producer

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Producer

1917

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