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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Petersburg, Virginia
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Westwood, California
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Film actor Joseph Cotten was a member of Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio ensemble. He also appeared in the movie Citizen Kane.

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Born in Los Angeles, California, Joseph Cotten was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater radio ensemble from 1937, he appeared in the Broadway production of The Philadelphia Story (1939–1940), before starring in Citizen Kane (1941),

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Journey into Fear (1942). His many later films include Gaslight (1944), The Third Man (1949) and Heaven's Gate (1980).

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Film actor, born in Los Angeles, California, USA. A member of Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio ensemble from 1937, he appeared in the Broadway production of The Philadelphia Story (1939--40), before starring in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1942). His many later films include Gaslight (1944), The Third Man (1949), and Heaven's Gate (1980).

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