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Orson Welles

Born May 6th 1915 in Kenosha Wisconsin was raised by Richard Head Welles and Beatrice Ives Welles. Despite his familys affluence Orsen had a rough child hood. In 1919 his parents seperated and he was moved to Chicago. At age nine his mother passed away, and Welles was sent to live with the Watson family. During welles professional career he became an actor, producer, and a director who not only worked in film and theater, but was one of the most famous radio hosts. Welles was well known in theater for his production of Julias Cesar, and a Shakespeare play by the name of Romeo and Juliet, and in Radio his 1938 broad cast "The War Of The Worlds" is one of the most famous in history. Over the radio Welles convinced the American population that a world war had just, some people believed him to the point of running out of their house to see for them selves. Well after his death ( October 10th 1985 ) Welles was voted the greatest director of all time, and it was decided that he was also a well regarded actor in radio and theater because of his baritone voice.







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