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Welles  (wlz), (George) Orson 1915-1985.
American film and stage director, actor, writer, and producer. He directed and starred in Citizen Kane (1941). His other films include Touch of Evil (1958) and The Trial (1962).

Welles, Gideon 1802-1878.
American editor and politician. A founder of the Republican Party (1854), he established a partisan newspaper, the Hartford Evening Press (1856), and was U.S. secretary of the navy (1861-1869) during the Civil War.

Welles [wɛlz]
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(Biographies / Welles, (George) Orson (1915-1985) M, US, FILMS AND TV: director, THEATRE: actor, FILMS AND TV: producer, FILMS AND TV: writer) (George) Orson (ˈɔːsən). 1915-85, US film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) are regarded as film classics
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Noun1.Welles - United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)Welles - United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)


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Efron plays a young man who convices legendary theatre director Orson Welles to cast him as Lucillus in Julius Caesar on Broadway.
The 1941 directorial debut of Orson Welles won just one Oscar but regularly tops critics' polls to name the best film of all time.
Welles said she took her first Nia class in 2002, after her divorce.
 
 
 
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