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Welles, Orson
Welles, Orson Orson Welles in the film Citizen Kane (1941).

100 Years of Orson Welles

Learn more about the legendary director, actor, producer, and writer
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Erik Gregersen
Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the...
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Film, theater, and radio director, actor, producer, and writer Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915. Citizen Kane (1941), his first film, is considered by many to be the greatest movie ever made.

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