Orson Welles
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American actor, director, and writer
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Orson Welles
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Born:
May 6, 1915 Kenosha Wisconsin
Died:
October 10, 1985 (aged 70) Los Angeles California
Founder:
Mercury Theatre
Awards And Honors:
Grammy Award (1981) Grammy Award (1978) Grammy Award (1976) Academy Award (1971) Academy Award (1942) Academy Award (1942): Writing (Original Screenplay) Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1971) Grammy Award (1982): Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording Grammy Award (1979): Best Spoken Word Recording Grammy Award (1977): Best Spoken Word Recording
Notable Works:
“Citizen Kane” “The Lady from Shanghai” “The Magnificent Ambersons” “The Other Side of the Wind” “The Third Man” “Touch of Evil”
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Orson Welles, in full George Orson Welles, (born May 6, 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.—died October 10, 1985, Los Angeles, California), American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer. His innovative narrative techniques and use of photography, dramatic lighting, and music to further the dramatic line and to create mood made his Citizen Kane (1941)—which he wrote, directed, produced, and acted in—one of the most-influential films in the history of the art. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Welles was born to a mother, Beatrice Ives, who was a concert pianist and a crack rifle shot, and a father, Richard ...(100 of 3462 words)

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