Marion Davies

Personal Info

Birthday

January 3, 1897

Day of Death

1961-09-22

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Marion Cecelia Douras

Marion Davis

Меріон Дейвіс

Marion Cecilia Douras

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 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.