Millicent Hearst

Millicent Hearst
Millicent Hearst, 1916
Born
Millicent Veronica Willson

(1882-07-16)July 16, 1882
New York City, NY, U.S.
DiedDecember 5, 1974(1974-12-05) (aged 92)
New York City, NY, U.S.
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)[1]
Occupation(s)Performer, socialite, philanthropist, owner of Hearst Corporation
Spouse
(m. 1903; died 1951)
[2]
Children
Parent(s)George Willson
Hannah Murray Willson[1]
RelativesAnita Willson (older sister)

Millicent Veronica Hearst (née Willson; July 16, 1882 – December 5, 1974), was the wife of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Willson was a vaudeville performer in New York City whom Hearst admired, and they married in 1903. The couple had five sons, but began to drift apart in the mid-1920s, when Millicent became tired of her husband's longtime affair with actress Marion Davies.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Millicent Hearst". Hearst Castle, Historic People. HearstCastle.org, (California State Parks). Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives (September 27, 2021). Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special, Part I (video with transcript) (Documentary). PBS. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 5_ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).