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Marion Davies

1897 - 1961

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Marion Davies (born Marion Cecilia Douras; January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Davies is the 3,462nd most popular actor (down from 2,447th in 2019), the 5,728th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,859th in 2019) and the 1,632nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marion Davies ranks 3,462 out of 13,578Before her are Philip Stone, Raymond Cruz, Patti LuPone, Joe E. Tata, Trine Dyrholm, and Nina Dobrev. After her are Liu Yifei, Janet Suzman, Gordon Thomson, Hermione Baddeley, Katherine Kelly Lang, and Gérard Lanvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Marion Davies ranks 200Before her are Werner Voss, Douglas Hartree, Zenta Mauriņa, Lya Mara, Rosa Ponselle, and Isabelino Gradín. After her are Ardito Desio, Géza von Bolváry, Kazimierz Nowak, Joe Profaci, Isaías Medina Angarita, and Antonio Riberi. Among people deceased in 1961, Marion Davies ranks 112Before her are Boris Vilkitsky, William Astbury, Jean de Bie, Ida Siekmann, Leonhard Frank, and Beppo Levi. After her are Charles D. B. King, Barry Fitzgerald, Platt Adams, Belinda Lee, Nadezhda Udaltsova, and Grigory Levenfish.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Davies ranks 5,728 out of 20,380Before her are Grace Sherwood (1660), Jon Postel (1943), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Patti LuPone (1949), Joe E. Tata (1936), and Mike Porcaro (1955). After her are Mark Cuban (1958), Eli Roth (1972), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), and Brandi Love (1973).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marion Davies ranks 1,632Before her are Eileen Heckart (1919), Steve Cropper (1941), John Stamos (1963), Raymond Cruz (1961), Patti LuPone (1949), and Joe E. Tata (1936). After her are Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), Bill Byrge (1932), Jon Polito (1950), Gina Rodriguez (1984), Adam Brody (1979), and Brenda Strong (1960).