Marion Davies
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday3 January 1897
Died22 September 1961 (age 64)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits67
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…
Citizen Hearst
2021 · Self (archival footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001 · (archive footage)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 · Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960 · Self
Meet the Family
1954 · Original Story
Ever Since Eve
1937 · Marge Winton
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Mabel O'Dare
Hearts Divided
1936 · Betsy Patterson
Hearts Divided
1936 · Producer
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936 · Herself
A Dream Comes True
1935 · Herself (uncredited)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935 · Marion Davies
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Loretta
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Producer
Operator 13
1934 · Gail Loveless
Going Hollywood
1933 · Sylvia Bruce
Peg o' My Heart
1933 · Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell
Blondie of the Follies
1932 · Blondie McClune
Blondie of the Follies
1932 · Producer
Polly of the Circus
1932 · Polly Fisher
The Christmas Party
1931 · Herself
Five and Ten
1931 · Jennifer Rarick
It's a Wise Child
1931 · Joyce Stanton
It's a Wise Child
1931 · Producer
The Bachelor Father
1931 · Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
The Bachelor Father
1931 · Producer
The Florodora Girl
1930 · Daisy Dell
Not So Dumb
1930 · Dulcy
Not So Dumb
1930 · Producer
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self
Marianne
1929 · Marianne
Show People
1928 · Peggy Pepper
Show People
1928 · Producer
The Cardboard Lover
1928 · Sally
The Cardboard Lover
1928 · Executive Producer
The Patsy
1928 · Patricia Harrington
The Patsy
1928 · Producer
Quality Street
1927 · Phoebe Throssel
Quality Street
1927 · Producer
The Fair Co-Ed
1927 · Marion
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