Deceased
How Did Marion Davies Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 64Marion 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.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a DamnMovie | Self (archive footage) | 118 |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand HotelMovie | (archive footage) | 107 |
| 2001 | Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion DaviesMovie | (archive footage) | 104 |
| 1996 | The Battle Over Citizen KaneMovie | Self (archive footage) | 99 |
| 1995 | The Casting CouchMovie | — | 98 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! IIIMovie | (archive footage) | 97 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 75 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of ComedyMovie | Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) | 67 |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's HollywoodMovie | Self | 63 |
| 1937 | Ever Since EveMovie | Marge Winton | 40 |
| 1936 | Hearts DividedMovie | Betsy Patterson | 39 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes TrueMovie | Herself (uncredited) | 38 |
| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina IsleMovie | Marion Davies | 38 |
| 1935 | Page Miss GloryMovie | Loretta | 38 |
| 1932 | Blondie of the FolliesMovie | Blondie McClune | 35 |
| 1932 | Polly of the CircusMovie | Polly Fisher | 35 |
| 1931 | Five and TenMovie | Jennifer Rarick | 34 |
| 1931 | The Christmas PartyMovie | Herself | 34 |
| 1931 | It's a Wise ChildMovie | Joyce Stanton | 34 |
| 1930 | The Florodora GirlMovie | Daisy Dell | 33 |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929Movie | Self | 32 |
| 1929 | MarianneMovie | Marianne | 32 |
| 1928 | Show PeopleMovie | Peggy Pepper | 31 |
| 1928 | The PatsyMovie | Patricia Harrington | 31 |
| 1927 | Tillie the ToilerMovie | Tillie Jones | 30 |
| 1926 | Beverly of GraustarkMovie | Beverly Calhoun | 29 |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 28 |
| 1924 | Janice MeredithMovie | Janice Meredith | 27 |
| 1923 | The PilgrimMovie | Congregation Member (uncredited) | 26 |
| 1922 | A Trip to ParamountownMovie | Self | 25 |
| 1922 | When Knighthood Was in FlowerMovie | Mary Tudor | 25 |
| 1921 | EnchantmentMovie | Ethel Hoyt | 24 |
| 1920 | The Restless SexMovie | Stephanie | 23 |
| 1919 | The Dark StarMovie | Rue Carew | 22 |