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Also Known As	George Orson Welles
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”
Notable Family Members	spouse Rita Hayworth
Married To	Paola Mori (married 1955) • Rita Hayworth (1943–1948) • Virginia Nicolson (1934–1940)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"A Woman Called Moses" (1978) • "Kampf um Rom I" (1968) • "Compulsion" (1959) • "The Name of the Game" (1970) • "Laugh-In" (1970) • "Si Versailles m'était conté" (1954) • "Waterloo" (1970) • "Moby Dick" (1956) • "Shogun" (1980) • "La Fayette" (1962) • "Omnibus" (1953) • "South Seas Adventure" (1958) • "The Finest Hours" (1964) • "Where Is Parsifal?" (1984) • "Necromancy" (1972) • "Jane Eyre" (1943) • "Casino Royale" (1967) • "Man in the Shadow" (1957) • "Campanadas a medianoche" (1965) • "Some Call It Greed" (1977) • "Magnum, P.I." (1981–1983) • "Journey Into Fear" (1943) • "Tepepa" (1969) • "Trent's Last Case" (1952) • "I'll Never Forget What's'isname" (1967) • "The Transformers: The Movie" (1986) • "House of Cards" (1968) • "Macbeth" (1948) • "The V.I.P.s" (1963) • "Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) • "Trouble in the Glen" (1954) • "Bitka na Neretvi" (1969) • "Mr. Arkadin" (1955) • "Hot Tomorrows" (1977) • "The Roots of Heaven" (1958) • "Voyage of the Damned" (1976) • "Is Paris Burning?" (1966) • "Oedipus the King" (1968) • "The Black Rose" (1950) • "The Muppet Movie" (1979) • "I tartari" (1961) • "The Southern Star" (1969) • "Napoléon" (1955) • "I Love Lucy" (1956) • "The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice" (1951) • "Start the Revolution Without Me" (1970) • "Sutjeska" (1973) • "La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo" (1965) • "The Double McGuffin" (1979) • "Austerlitz" (1960) • "To Build a Fire" (1969) • "Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat" (1969) • "Black Magic" (1949) • "Citizen Kane" (1941) • "The Deep" (1970) • "Too Much Johnson" (1938) • "Butterfly" (1982) • "Les seigneurs de la forêt" (1958) • "Crack in the Mirror" (1960) • "Catch-22" (1970) • "Ferry to Hong Kong" (1959) • "Touch of Evil" (1958) • "L'uomo la bestia e la virtù" (1953) • "12 + 1" (1969) • "Colgate Theatre" (1958) • "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" (1981) • "Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab" (1974) • "The Sailor from Gibraltar" (1967) • "The Kremlin Letter" (1970) • "Moonlighting" (1985) • "Tajna Nikole Tesle" (1980) • "Le procès" (1962) • "Gurikku no bouken" (1981) • "History of the World: Part I" (1981) • "Malpertuis" (1971) • "Prince of Foxes" (1949) • "Someone to Love" (1987) • "Don Camillo" (1952) • "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958) • "A Man for All Seasons" (1966) • "Hot Money" (1983) • "Tales of the Klondike" (1981) • "La décade prodigieuse" (1971) • "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947) • "Three Cases of Murder" (1955) • "Tomorrow Is Forever" (1946) • "The Third Man" (1949) • "David e Golia" (1960) • "The Stranger" (1946) • "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) • "A Safe Place" (1971) • "Get to Know Your Rabbit" (1972) • "Follow the Boys" (1944) • "Night Gallery" (1971) • "Treasure Island" (1972) • "Ro.Go.Pa.G." (1963)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Citizen Kane" (1941) • "It's All True" (1993) • "The Heroine" (1967) • "Don Quijote de Orson Welles" (1992) • "Campanadas a medianoche" (1965) • "Colgate Theatre" (1958) • "The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice" (1951) • "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) • "The Deep" (1970) • "The Other Side of the Wind" (2018) • "The Stranger" (1946) • "Nella terra di Don Chisciotte" (1964–1986) • "Three Cases of Murder" (1955) • "Le procès" (1962) • "Filming 'The Trial'" (1981) • "Don Quixote" (1972) • "The Southern Star" (1969) • "David e Golia" (1960) • "Around the World with Orson Welles" (1955–2000) • "Filming 'Othello'" (1978) • "F for Fake" (1973) • "Tempo" (1961) • "Touch of Evil" (1958) • "Too Much Johnson" (1938) • "Macbeth" (1948) • "It's All True" (1943) • "Mr. Arkadin" (1955)
Movies/Tv Shows (Film Editor)	"Nella terra di Don Chisciotte" (1964–1986) • "The Other Side of the Wind" (2018) • "Too Much Johnson" (1938) • "Don Quixote" (1972) • "The Heroine" (1967)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"F for Fake" (1973) • "Campanadas a medianoche" (1965) • "Treasure Island" (1972) • "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947) • "Around the World with Orson Welles" (1955–2000) • "Citizen Kane" (1941) • "The Big Brass Ring" (1999) • "Don Quixote" (1972) • "Tempo" (1961) • "Le procès" (1962) • "The Other Side of the Wind" (2018) • "Touch of Evil" (1958) • "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) • "It's All True" (1943) • "Too Much Johnson" (1938) • "Mr. Arkadin" (1955) • "The Deep" (1970) • "Colgate Theatre" (1958) • "Orson Welles' Sketch Book" (1955) • "Filming 'Othello'" (1978) • "The Heroine" (1967) • "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942)