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Orson Welles
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, WI Death: October 10, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The most well-known filmmaker to the public this side of "Alfred Hitchcock", "Orson Welles" was the classic example of the genius that burns bright early in life only to flicker and fade later. The prodigy son of an inventor and a musician, Welles was well-versed in literature at an early age -- particularly Shakespeare -- and, through the unusual circumstances of his life (both of his parents died by the time he was 12, leaving him with an inheritance and not many family obligations), he found himself free to indulge his numerous interests, which included the theater. He was educated in private schools and traveled the world, even wangling stage work with Dublin's Gate Players while still a teenager. He found it tougher to get onto the Broadway stage, and traveled the world some more before returning to get a job with Katharine Cornell, with help from such notables as "Alexander Woollcott" and... Full Biography
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