Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 â€" February 6, 1994) was an
American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved
prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of
The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair.He first gained worldwide fame
in three Orson Welles films: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent
Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was
also credited with the screenplay. He went on to become one of the
leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as
Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946),
Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Niagara (1953).
One of his final films was Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate
(1980).Joseph Cotten was born in 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, the
first of three boys born for Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr., an assistant
postmaster, and Sally Willson Cotten.:224 He grew up in the Tidewater
region and showed an aptitude for drama and a gift for storytelling.
American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved
prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of
The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair.He first gained worldwide fame
in three Orson Welles films: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent
Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was
also credited with the screenplay. He went on to become one of the
leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as
Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946),
Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Niagara (1953).
One of his final films was Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate
(1980).Joseph Cotten was born in 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, the
first of three boys born for Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr., an assistant
postmaster, and Sally Willson Cotten.:224 He grew up in the Tidewater
region and showed an aptitude for drama and a gift for storytelling.
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