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    Marion Davies

    American actress, producer, screenwriter and socialite

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  1. Apr 23, 2024 · Marion Davies (born January 3, 1897, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 22, 1961, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor who was more renowned for her 34-year relationship with publishing giant William Randolph Hearst than for her performance career.

  2. Dec 3, 2020 · A rare Hollywood star who successfully made the transition from silent film to talkies, Marion Davies was also a canny producer, dry-wit, universally beloved hostess, and, by all accounts,...

  3. Feb 14, 2021 · Inside the scandal-fueled life of actress Marion Davies, who bedded Charlie Chaplin and 'bore a love child' with William Randolph Hearst.

  4. Marion Davies was one of the great comedic actresses of the silent era and into the 1930s. Marion Cecelia Douras was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York on January 3, 1897, the daughter of Rose (Reilly) and Bernard J. Douras, a lawyer and judge.

  5. Sep 24, 2015 · Thanks to Orson Welles’ groundbreaking 1941 epic Citizen Kane, the showgirl-turned-actress Marion Davies is enshrined in memory as the gorgeous but embarrassingly untalented mistress of...

  6. Mar 24, 2021 · Marion Davies has long been associated with Citizen Kane. Though the redeeming qualities of Orson Welles’ masterpiece are nearly undisputed – many consider it the greatest film ever made – Citizen Kane has been very damaging to Marion Davies’ legacy.

  7. Marion Davies (born Marion Cecilia Douras; 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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