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While performing in the 1916 Follies, the nineteen-year-old Marion met the fifty-three-year-old newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst, and became his mistress. Hearst took over management of Davies's career and promoted her as a film actress.
By the time she first met William Randolph Hearst, she had already made a name for herself acting on Broadway. Between 1915 and 1917 she appeared in “Chin-Chin,” “Stop, Look and Listen,” “Ziegfeld Follies,” “Betty,” “Words and Music,” “Miss 1917,” and “Oh Boy.”.
May 11, 2022 · Davies was known for being the mistress of William Randolph Hearst — businessman, politician, and most notably, newspaper publisher. A man with tremendous power, Hearst was even rumored to have started the Spanish-American War by printing a slew of provocative articles.
Feb 14, 2021 · Marion Davies and publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst (left) were lovers — despite him being married — from 1916 until his death in 1951.
Sep 24, 2015 · Hearst, now 74, was watching the collapse of his empire—he was financially overextended, and his politics, in particular the harsh criticism of Roosevelt espoused in his papers, were out of step...
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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.
William Randolph Hearst Sr. ( / hɜːrst /; [1] April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.
