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Presented as the niece of actress Marion Davies, she was long suspected of being her natural daughter, fathered by publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. Lake acknowledged this relationship shortly before she died.
Marion Davies (born Marion Cecilia Douras; [a] January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies fled the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl. As a teenager, she appeared in several Broadway musicals and one film, Runaway Romany (1917).
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- Los Angeles Times. Advertisement. Entertainment & Arts. Obituary Revives Rumor of Hearst Daughter : Hollywood: Gossips in the 1920s speculated that William Randolph Hearst and mistress...
May 11, 2022 · Bettmann/Getty Images William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies at the California State Guard Military Ball at the Hollywood Palladium in 1942. But what caused the most damage to Davies’ reputation was her alleged portrayal in the 1941 film Citizen Kane , which has often been called the greatest American movie of all time.
Davies died on September 22, 1961 from cancer and is interred in the Douras family crypt at Hollywood Memorial Park. Marion Davies was the stage name of Marion Cecilia Douras, born in Brooklyn, New York on January 3, 1897. She was the youngest of five children born to Bernard and Rose Douras. Watching her sister achieve success in show business ...
She wanted us to know who she was, or thought she was: the child of Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst. The day of her wedding, she says, Hearst telephoned her in one of the bungalows and asked to see her in his private rooms below the towers of the castle.
views 1,714,229 updated. Davies, Marion (1897–1961) American film star of the 1920s and 1930s whose relationship with newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst eclipsed her career.
