Reine Davies
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Reine Davies, as depicted on the sheet of music for Meet me Tonight in Dreamland (1909) |
Reine Davies (
June 6,
1886 â€"
April 5,
1938), born
Irene Douras, was an American actress.
Douras was born in
Montclair,
New Jersey,
USA. She was the eldest sister of the actress
Marion Davies. She married twice, first to the director
George W. Lederer (divorced
1912), and later to the actor
George Regas. She had one son with Lederer, the director/writer
Charles Lederer(1906-?, and a daughter, Josephine Rose('Pepi') Lederer(1910-1935).
Reine Davies lived for many years in
Chicago, and was on the
Vaudeville circuit as a singer and actress. She appeared in the 1915 movie
Sunday as Sunday and in
1917 as Beth Winthrop in
The Sin Woman. She was also a popular subject on sheet music covers, most famously for
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland. For many years she edited the gossip column in the Los Angeles Times.
Davies died in
Beverly Hills,
California,
USA from a heart attack in the swimming pool.
