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    News

  • 'Bad Lieutenant' returns in a sequel with original's wildness intact 11/16/2009
  • With 2 tours and museum, 'The Third Man' still going strong in Vienna 10/19/2009
  • Toronto Notebook: White Stripes Get Their Kanye On 09/20/2009
  • Writer/producer Dick Berg dies at 87 09/02/2009
  • Revisiting Beatle John 08/25/2009
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    Biography

    Birthday: May 06, 2015

    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 ...more
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    Filmography

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    Awards

    • 1981
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
    • Butterfly
    • nom
    • 1978
    • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    • Career Achievement Award
    • win
    • 1975
    • American Film Institute
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • win
    • 1970
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Honorary and Other Awards
    • win
    • 1966
    • Cannes Film Festival
    • 20th Anniversary Prize
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    Credits

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    Tickets & Showtimes

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