Marion Davies
(1897-1961)
American actress, producer, screenwriter and socialite
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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 left 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). She soon became a featured performer in the Ziegfeld Follies. 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' career and promoted her as a film actress.
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Marion Cecelia Douras 3 January 1897 Brooklyn, New York, USA
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22 September 1961 (aged 64) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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Patricia 1st child with William Randolph Hearst Female b. 8 Jun 1919 · Age: 106 · 1919- · Celebrity Baby
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Betty Furness · Friend · 1916-1994 · American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator
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