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January 3, 1897 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. Died. September 22, 1961 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer) Birth name. Marion Cecelia Douras. Nicknames. Queen of the Screen. Mardie. Daisy. Height. 5′ 5″ (1.65 m) Mini Bio. Marion Davies was one of the great comedic actresses of the silent era and into the 1930s.
May 11, 2022 · By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By John Kuroski. Published May 11, 2022. Updated August 1, 2023. A member of the Ziegfeld Follies and a box office star in the 1920s, Marion Davies's legacy was overshadowed by her extramarital relationship with William Randolph Hearst. In the Roaring Twenties, Marion Davies was a superstar.
Feb 14, 2021 · Entertainment. True story of actress Marion Davies—the minx of the Netflix movie ‘Mank’. By. Michael Kaplan. Updated Feb. 14, 2021, 11:07 a.m. ET. The love story of Marion Davies (right)...
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...
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).
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.
Marion Davies. (1897 – 1961) 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 turned Marion’s inclinations toward a career in drama early in her life.
