William randolph hearst wife
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Obituary Revives Rumor of Hearst Daughter : Hollywood: Gossips in the 1920s speculated that William Randolph Hearst and mistress Marion Davies had a child. Patricia Lake, long introduced as Davies’ niece, asks on death bed that record be set straight.
What was for decades one of Hollywood’s juiciest rumors--the kind of scoop Walter Winchell and Hedda Hopper whispered about but never dared dish--unceremoniously surfaced this month in a newspaper death notice three paragraphs long, Page 14, Column 6.
Patricia Van Cleve Lake, “the only daughter of famed movie star Marion Davies and famed (publisher) William Randolph Hearst,” was dead.
Hollywood of the 1920s once buzzed with rumors that a child had been born of the scandalous affair so publicly conducted by Hearst and Davies--the eccentric newspaper monarch and his actress mistress. But the little blond girl who lived in the margins of the publishing dynasty was always introduced as “the niece of Miss Marion Davies.”
Patricia grew up mingling with the likes of Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and Jean Harlow at the par
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Pat Cleveland
American fashion model (born 1950)
Pat Cleveland | |
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| Born | (1950-06-23) June 23, 1950 (age 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | High School of Art and Design |
| Occupation | Model |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Spouses | Martin Snaric (m. 1978; div. 1982)Paul van Ravenstein (m. 1982) |
| Partner | Sterling St. Jacques (1976-1977) |
| Children | 2 |
| Modeling information | |
| Hair color | Dark Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Agency | The Model CoOp (New York) Next Model Management (Paris) [1] |
Patricia Cleveland (born June 23, 1950) is an American fashion model who initially attained success in the 1960s and 1970s and was one of the first African-American models within the fashion industry to achieve prominence as a runway model and print model.
Early life
Cleveland was born in New York City in 1950[2] to Johnny Johnston, a jazz saxophonist of Irish and Swedish ancestry, and Lady Bird Cleveland, an artist
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Patricia (Van Cleve) Lake (1920 - 1993)
Patricia"Pachi"Lake formerly Van Cleve
Daughter of George Barnes Van Cleve and Rose Marie (Douras) Davies
[sibling(s) unknown]
Mother of [private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
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Biography
Patricia (Van Cleve) Lake is Notable.
Patricia Van Cleve Lake (between 1919 and 1923 – October 3, 1993), known as Patricia Lake, was an American socialite, actress, and radio comedian. She was long suspected of being the illegitimate daughter of actress Marion Davies and publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.
The 1925 New York State census record, however, states clearly that she was the daughter of George Van Cleve and his wife Rosemary Douras Davies, the sister of film star Marion Davies.
According to the Magazine Americana, published by The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture, Ge
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