Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Marion Davies

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Marion Davies.

Last updated on November 19, 2024.

Marion Davies was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies fled 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' career and promoted her as a film actress.

American - Actress | January 3, 1897 - September 22, 1961

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[To W.R. Hearst:] Love is not always created at the altar. Love doesn't need a wedding ring.

Marion Davies

I had a really good time at MGM. And we had no quarrels much, except once in a while, I'd go up to the front office and say I thought I should be doing something big, like washing elephants ... All my life I wanted to have talent ... Finally I had to admit there was nothing there.

Marion Davies

To me, Venice and Ocean Park were gaiety. I had not been allowed to go to those things as a youngster.

Marion Davies

an imitator is always a poor example.

Marion Davies