Marion Davies

Birth Name:

Marion Cecelia Douras

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actress, Producer, Soundtrack, Writer

In 1951, she got married to actor Horace G․ Brown
Is the aunt of actress Natalie Draper and writer Charles Lederer
Got her start working as a model for various illustrators
Started out as a chorus girl and dancer after watching her older sisters perform in local Brooklyn productions
Wrote the script for her first film, "Runaway, Romany," and persuaded her brother-in-law, George W․ Lederer, to direct it in 1917
Best known for her role as Peggy Pepper in "Snow People" and as Patricia Harrington in "The Patsy․"
Although her relationship with William Randolph Hearst caused some scandal due to his funding of her film career, they seemed to share a genuine connection, and she repaid his generosity by supporting him financially during the Great Depression
Donated over $1 million to help build a children's clinic at UCLA

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