Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
Birthday: 5/15/1905, the
Age: 88 years
Place of birth: Peterburg Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 02/06/1994 Year
Place of death: Westwood, California, USA

Citizenship: US

The position of a theater critic inspired by Joseph decided to come to grips with the participation in the theater, first in Virginia and later in New York City (New York). Cotten debuted on Broadway in 1930, where he met Orson Welles. In 1937, the actor became a member of the theater company Welles ‘Mercury’, after which he was leading roles in productions of ‘Holiday shoemaker’ (‘Shoemaker’s Holiday’) and ‘Julius Caesar’ (‘Julius Caesar’).

First reached fame on Broadway, playing in the original productions of ‘The Philadelphia Story’ (‘The Philadelphia Story’) and ‘Sabrina’ / ‘Beautiful Sabrina’ (‘Sabrina Fair’).
As a friend of Orson Welles (Orson Welles), Cotten performed several leading roles, including the drama ‘Citizen Kane’ (‘Citizen Kane’) 1941 melodrama “Magnificent Ambersons’ (‘The Magnificent Ambersons’) of 1942, film noir ‘Journey into Fear’ (‘Journey into Fear’) of 1943 and the thriller ‘The Third Man’ (‘The Third Man’) 1949.
Without any patronage, Joseph became the star of the film crime ‘Shadow of a Doubt’ (‘Shadow of a Doubt’) of 1943, melodrama ‘Love Letters’ (‘ Love Letters’) 1945 and fantasy ‘Portrait of Jenny’ (‘Portrait of Jennie ‘) 1948.
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (Joseph Cheshire Cotton) was born on 15 May 1905 in Peterburg Virginia (Petersburg, Virginia). The son of Sallie Bartlett Wilson (Sallie Bartlett Willson) and Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr. (Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr.), after graduating from acting school in Washington Hickman (Hickman School of Speech and Expression, Washington, DC), worked as an advertising agent.
The position of a theater critic inspired by Joseph decided to come to grips with the participation in the theater, first in Virginia and later in New York City (New York). Cotten debuted on Broadway in 1930, where he met Orson Welles. In 1937, the actor became a member of the theater company Welles ‘Mercury’, after which he was leading roles in productions of ‘Holiday shoemaker’ (‘Shoemaker’s Holiday’) and ‘Julius Caesar’ (‘Julius Caesar’).
In the film debuted in the role of Cotten Billings Augustus (Augustus Billings) in the comedy short film Welles ‘Too Much Johnson’ (‘Too Much Johnson’) based on the play by William Gillette (William Gillette) 1890 th. He returned to Broadway in 1939, where he received the role of SK Dexter Haven (CK Dexter Haven) in the original production of Philip Barry (Philip Barry) ‘The Philadelphia Story’.
In mid-1940 we began filming the drama ‘Citizen Kane’, which were released on May 1, 1941. Partly based on the life of the American press tycoon William Randolph Hearst (William Randolph Hearst), the film did not become the leader of box office, largely due to the fact that many influential Hearst banned the publication of his advertising. ‘Citizen Kane’ was nominated for an Oscar in nine categories, but won only one of them – ‘Best Screenplay’. Although the drama has helped launch careers of four members of the theater company ‘Mercury’, Agnes Moorehead (Agnes Moorehead), Ruth Warrick (Ruth Warrick), Ray Collins (Ray Collins) and, in fact, very Joseph Cotten, only the latter managed to achieve real success in Hollywood.
Despite the complex nature of Wells, which was legendary, and he Cotten remained good friends. In 1941, Joseph took the screenplay thriller ‘Journey into Fear’. Orson helped develop the script and produced the picture; one of the stars of this successful film was the Dolores Del Rio (Dolores del R?o). After the release of “Journey into Fear ‘in 1943, the two friends did not cooperate during the next six years.
Among other things, Joseph starred in the TV series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents ‘(‘ Alfred Hitchcock Presents ‘) and’ Theater ‘General Electric’ (‘General Electric Theater’). In 1960 he married British actress Patricia Medina (Patricia Medina), after earlier this year died from leukemia of his first wife, Lenore Kipp (Lenore Kipp). For some time, leaving the cinema, Joseph returned to filming – and played Dr. Drew Bayliss (Drew Bayliss) in the classic horror film “Hush … hush, sweet Charlotte ‘(‘ Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte ‘) with Bette Davis (Bette Davis), Olivia de Havilland (Olivia de Havilland) and Agnes Moorehead.
One of the last paintings Cotten, Western drama ‘Gates of Paradise’ (‘Heaven’s Gate’) 1980 was a spaced critics to the nines in the United States. At the age of 75 years, ex-actor and his wife lived in seclusion at his home in Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles, California). In 1987, he published his autobiography, ‘Vanity Will Get You Somewhere’, which became a bestseller.
Joseph Cotten died of pneumonia caused by cancer of the throat, on 6 February 1994, at the age of 88 years. Despite the long and enviable career in film activity, its only significant award became prize of the Venice International Film Festival ‘Volpi Cup’ for his work in the film “Portrait of Jennie.”

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