Marion Davies

(1930–2018)

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Marion Davies 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.

Quick Facts About Marion Davies

Born: November 30, 1930
Died: July 21, 2018
Notable works: The Times We Had
Spouse: Sir Ralph Jordan Dodds, 2nd Bt.

About Marion Davies

Marion Davies 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's career and promoted her as a film actress.

Biography source: Wikipedia