Joseph Cotten Biography

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NAME: Joseph Cotten
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Radio Personality
BIRTH DATE: May 15, 1905
DEATH DATE: February 06, 1994
EDUCATION: Hickman School of Speech and Expression
PLACE OF BIRTH: Petersburg, Virginia
PLACE OF DEATH: Westwood, California
Full Name: Joseph Cheshire Cotten

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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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Synopsis

Born in Peteresburg, Virginia, 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), 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).

Acting Career

Film actor Joseph Cotten was born in Petersburg, Virginia, on May 15, 1905. 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).