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Joseph Cotten
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15 May 1905 - 6 February 1994
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Joseph Cotten, American actor, was born on May 15, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, USA.
After graduating from Himkan acting school in Washington, Joseph worked as an advertising agent for a short period of his life. Subsequent work as a theater critic inspired him so much that he began to actively participate in theater productions. His first debut as an actor he celebrated in Virginia, and only a while later appeared on the stage of New York.
In 1930, Joseph Cotten met an actor and director.
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Joseph Cotten, American actor, was born on May 15, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, USA.
After graduating from Himkan acting school in Washington, Joseph worked as an advertising agent for a short period of his life. Subsequent work as a theater critic inspired him so much that he began to actively participate in theater productions. His first debut as an actor he celebrated in Virginia, and only a while later appeared on the stage of New York.
In 1930, Joseph Cotten met an actor and director.
Citizen Kane . The plot of the film tells the story of a talented and very famous reporter Jerry Thompson, who received an important task - to urgently find out all the circumstances of writing the dying words - "pink bud", which was left on a piece of paper by a very famous newspaper magnate Charles Kane before his death. The journalist selflessly joined the investigation, but meeting with Kane’s colleagues, talking with his relatives and relatives, he pieced together the biography of the newspaper magnate, finding not very bright sides in it, but the keywords “pink bud” remained a mystery to him.
Film "Under the Sign of Capricorn" The film, which premiered on September 8, 1949, brought Cotten worldwide fame. The dramatic plot of the picture takes the viewer back to 1831. To start a new life, Irishman Charles Aidar decides to leave for Australia. His cousin, recently appointed governor, pledges his direct involvement in the fate of a relative in this country. Upon arrival, Charles meets an old friend - a former convict and now rich landowner Sam Flaskey, who offers Charles a profitable, successful deal. In Flaskey’s house, Aidar meets the landowner’s wife, whom he knew as a child, but today Henrietta is an alcoholic and is on the verge of madness.
Role in the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Shadow of doubt" The actor himself considered his greatest creative success.
Joseph Cottan died on February 6, 1994. /