Orson Welles
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Orson Welles | |
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 Welles on Mairch 1, 1937 (age 21), photographed bi Carl Van Vechten | |
| Born | George Orson Welles 6 Mey 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | 10 October 1985 (aged 70) Los Angeles, Californie, U.S. |
Cause o daith | Hert attack |
Restin place | Ronda, Spain |
| Alma mater | Todd School for Boys |
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| Years active | 1931–1985 |
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| Pairtner(s) | Dolores del Río (1938–43) Oja Kodar (1966–85) |
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| Parents | Richard Hodgdon Head Welles Beatrice Ives Welles |
| Awairds | 1941 Academy Awaird for Best Writin (Oreeginal Screenplay) for Citizen Kane 1970 Academy Honorary Awaird |
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George Orson Welles (/ˈwɛlz/; Mey 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) wis an American actor, director, writer, an producer wha worked in theatre, radio, an film. He is remembered for his innovative wirk in aw three: in theatre, maist notably Caesar (1937), a Broadway adaptation o William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; in radio, the 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds", ane o the maist famous in the history o radio; an in film, Citizen Kane (1941), conseestently ranked as ane o the aw-time greatest films.
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