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Actress: Marion Davies
"I can't say I was ever unhappy, not at all." Marion Davies was born Marion Cecelia Douras on January 3, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York. When she was a teenager Marion joined the Ziegfeld Follies. She met married billionaire William Randolph Hearst and became his mistress. Marion and W.R. lived in a mansion called "San Simeon" where they threw lavish parties. There are rumors that Marion and W.R. had a daughter who was raised by Marion's sister. W.R. formed Cosmopolitan Pictures to produce movies for Marion. She starred in many successful silent films including Yolanda, Quality Street, and Show People. In 1924 Marion was involved in a scandal when producer Thomas Ince died mysteriously after attending one of her parties. Many believe that in a jealous rage W.R. had attempted to shoot Charlie Chaplin (who was having an affair with Marion) but shot Ince instead.
Marion was nervous about making the transition to sound films because of a stutter but she was able to overcome this problem. She costarred with Clark Gable in Polly Of The Circus and with Bing Crosby in Going Hollywood. When W.R. got into financial trouble in the 1930s Marion sold her jewelry to help him. Marion decided to retire from making movies in 1937. By this time she had a serious drinking problem. W.R. died in 1951. Despite the fact that they had lived together for more than thirty years Marion was not allowed to attend his funeral. A few months after W.R.'s death she married Horace G. Brown. Marion devoted most of her time to doing charity work. She died on September 22, 1961 from cancer. Marion is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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