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 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.
Filmography
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as (archive footage)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as (archive footage)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self (archive footage)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
The Casting Couch
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
Ever Since Eve
as Marge Winton
Ever Since Eve
as Marge Winton
Cain and Mabel
as Mabel O'Dare
Cain and Mabel
as Mabel O'Dare
Hearts Divided
as Betsy Patterson
Hearts Divided
as Betsy Patterson
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Herself
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Herself
A Dream Comes True
as Herself (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
as Herself (uncredited)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Marion Davies
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Marion Davies
Page Miss Glory
as Loretta
Page Miss Glory
as Loretta
Operator 13
as Gail Loveless
Operator 13
as Gail Loveless
Going Hollywood
as Sylvia Bruce
Going Hollywood
as Sylvia Bruce
Peg o' My Heart
as Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
Peg o' My Heart
as Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
Blondie of the Follies
as Blondie McClune
Blondie of the Follies
as Blondie McClune
Polly of the Circus
as Polly Fisher
Polly of the Circus
as Polly Fisher
The Christmas Party
as Herself
The Christmas Party
as Herself
Five and Ten
as Jennifer Rarick
Five and Ten
as Jennifer Rarick
It's a Wise Child
as Joyce Stanton
It's a Wise Child
as Joyce Stanton
The Bachelor Father
as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
The Bachelor Father
as Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
The Florodora Girl
as Daisy Dell
The Florodora Girl
as Daisy Dell
Not So Dumb
as Dulcy
Not So Dumb
as Dulcy
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
Marianne
as Marianne
Marianne
as Marianne
Show People
as Peggy Pepper
Show People
as Peggy Pepper
The Cardboard Lover
as Sally
The Cardboard Lover
as Sally
The Patsy
as Patricia Harrington
The Patsy
as Patricia Harrington
The Red Mill
as Tina
The Red Mill
as Tina
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Lights of Old Broadway
as Fely / Anne
Lights of Old Broadway
as Fely / Anne
Janice Meredith
as Janice Meredith
Janice Meredith
as Janice Meredith
The Wife of the Centaur
as Cameo in chorus line
The Wife of the Centaur
as Cameo in chorus line
Yolanda
as Princess Mary / Yolanda
Yolanda
as Princess Mary / Yolanda
Little Old New York
as Patricia O'Day
Little Old New York
as Patricia O'Day
The Pilgrim
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
Adam and Eva
as Eva King
Adam and Eva
as Eva King
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
as Self
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
as Self
When Knighthood Was in Flower
as Mary Tudor
When Knighthood Was in Flower
as Mary Tudor
The Young Diana
as Diana May
The Young Diana
as Diana May
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Beauty's Worth
as Prudence Cole
Beauty's Worth
as Prudence Cole
The Bride's Play
as Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
The Bride's Play
as Enid of Cashell / Aileen Barrett
Enchantment
as Ethel Hoyt
Enchantment
as Ethel Hoyt
Buried Treasure
as Pauline Vandermuellen
Buried Treasure
as Pauline Vandermuellen
The Restless Sex
as Stephanie
The Restless Sex
as Stephanie
April Folly
as April Poole
April Folly
as April Poole
The Cinema Murder
as Elizabeth Dalston
The Cinema Murder
as Elizabeth Dalston
The Dark Star
as Rue Carew
The Dark Star
as Rue Carew
Getting Mary Married
as Mary Bussard
Getting Mary Married
as Mary Bussard
The Belle of New York
as Violet Gray
The Belle of New York
as Violet Gray
The Burden of Proof
as Elaine Brooks
The Burden of Proof
as Elaine Brooks
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Cecilia
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Cecilia
Runaway Romany
as Romany
Runaway Romany
as Romany