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Marion Davies
D.O.B.: January 3, 1897 (Brooklyn, NY)
D.O.D.: September 22, 1961 (Los Angeles, CA)
Cause of Death: Cancer
Location: Hollywood Forever; Douras Mausoleum; Section 8; Lot 261-264
Biographical Notes:
Marion Davies was an actress and longtime mistress of tycoon William Randolph
Hearst, the newspaper tycoon who was the inspiration for the classic movie
"Citizen Kane".
Charlie Chaplin had wrote in his autobiography
"To my Surprise, she was quite a comedienne, with charm and appeal and
would have been a star in her own right without the cyclonic Hearst
publicity."
She spent about ten years with MGM in motion pictures. Hearst
had decided that Davies should become a much bigger star than Mary Pickford. He
bought a casino and turned it into a studio. The first joint venture of Davies
and Hearst was "Cecilia of the Pink Roses", where Hearst touted her in
his paper as a "triumph". Hearst's press constantly kept her name in
the publics eye.
When Hearst passed on, she was not invited to the funeral or
mentioned in his will, although, she was provided for separately. She was left
in voting control of the Hearst Organization, but agreed to relinquish her
rights and serve only as an advisor for a salary of $1 per year.
Marion Davies got her footprints immortalized in the
cement outside of Mann's Chinese Theatre. She died at the age of 64 and left
behind an eight million dollar estate.
Appeared in:
"Cain and Mabel" (1936) Movie
"A Christmas Story" (1931) Movie
"The Patsy" (1928) Movie
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