Rosemary Davies (born Rose Douras; June 8, 1895 – September 20, 1963) was an American actress.

Life

Born Rose Douras in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, New York, she was the sister of the actresses

Marion Davies 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 fled the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl ...

and

Reine Davies Reine Davies (born Irene Douras; June 6, 1883 – April 5, 1938) was an American singer and actress. Life and career Davies was born on June 6, 1883, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Bernard J. Douras, a lawyer and judge in New York City; ...

but did not reach the same fame as her two sisters. However, her name was mentioned in different circles briefly when she was said to be the mother of

Patricia Lake Patricia Douras Van Cleve (June 8, 1919 – October 3, 1993), known as Patricia Lake, was an American actress and radio comedian. Presented as the niece of actress Marion Davies, she was long suspected of being her natural daughter, fathered ...

by her first husband, George Barnes Van Cleve. After the death of Patricia Lake, Lake's family announced that Lake was in fact the daughter of Marion Davies and

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...

, born secretly during a trip abroad between 1920 and 1923. Davies, who had little film experience, was selected to play the title role in the film ''Alice'', which began production in 1924. Davies married Louis Adlon who was an American, German-born motion picture actor. He died March 31, 1947. She died in 1963 in Bel Air,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

. She is buried beside her sister Marion in the Douras mausoleum along with Marion's husband Horace Brown, as well as with Patricia Lake and her husband, actor Arthur Lake.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Rosemary American film actresses American silent film actresses People from Brooklyn 1895 births 1963 deaths 20th-century American actresses