Orson Welles
1915 to 1985
11 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Orson Welles across 7 places, from 1915 to 1970. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Orson Welles was documented, and when
6 May 1915exact date
Kenosha, Wisconsinattested
“George Orson Welles was born May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the younger of two sons of Richard Head Welles and Beatrice Ives Welles (née Beatrice Lucy Ives).”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1919year
Chicagoattested
“Despite his family's affluence, Welles encountered hardship when his parents separated and moved to Chicago in 1919.”
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10 May 1924exact date
Chicagoattested
“Beatrice died of hepatitis in a Chicago hospital on May 10, 1924, just after Welles's ninth birthday.”
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28 December 1930exact date
Chicagoattested
“On December 28, 1930, when Welles was 15, his father died of heart and kidney failure in a hotel in Chicago, aged 58.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
May 1931month
Harvard Collegeattested
“Following graduation from Todd in May 1931, Welles was awarded a scholarship to Harvard College; his mentor Roger Hill advised him to attend Cornell College in Iowa.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1935year
New Yorkattested
“John Houseman, director of the Negro Theatre Unit in New York, invited Welles to join the Federal Theatre Project in 1935.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1939year
Hollywood, Los Angelesattested
“Infatuated with her since adolescence, Welles met del Río at Darryl Zanuck's ranch soon after he moved to Hollywood in 1939.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1946year
New Yorkattested
“In the summer of 1946, Welles moved to New York to direct the Broadway musical Around the World, a stage adaptation of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days with a book by Welles and music by Cole Porter.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1952year
Englandattested
“In 1952, Welles continued finding work in England after the success of the Harry Lime radio show.”
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18 October 1953exact date
Americaattested
“Welles briefly returned to America to make his first appearance on television, starring in the Omnibus presentation of King Lear, broadcast live on CBS October 18, 1953.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
1970year
Americaattested
“Drawn by the offers he received to work in television and films, and upset by a tabloid scandal reporting his affair with Kodar, Welles abandoned the editing of Don Quixote and moved back to America in 1970.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
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Places Orson Welles is documented in
Chicago3 presences · 1919 to 1930America2 presences · 1953 to 1970New York2 presences · 1935 to 1946England1 presence · 1952Harvard College1 presence · 1931Hollywood, Los Angeles1 presence · 1939
Kenosha, Wisconsin1 presence · 1915
Other places tied to Orson Welles in the record
In each of these, a source puts Orson Welles and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Orson Welles was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
15 September 1926exact date
Woodstock, Illinoismentioned
“On September 15, 1926, he entered the Todd Seminary for Boys, an expensive independent school in Woodstock, Illinois, that his older brother had attended until he was expelled.”
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15 September 1926exact date
Woodstockmentioned
“On September 15, 1926, he entered the Todd Seminary for Boys, an expensive independent school in Woodstock, Illinois, that his older brother had attended until he was expelled.”
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13 October 1931exact date
Gate Theatrementioned
“Welles made his stage debut at the Gate Theatre on October 13, 1931, appearing in Ashley Dukes's adaptation of Jud Süß as Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg.”
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1933year
Chicagomentioned
“In 1933, Hortense and Roger Hill invited Welles to a party in Chicago, where Welles met Thornton Wilder.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
14 November 1934exact date
New Yorkmentioned
“On November 14, 1934, Welles married Chicago socialite and actress Virginia Nicolson in a civil ceremony in New York.”
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20 December 1934exact date
Al Hirschfeld Theatrementioned
“A revised production of Katharine Cornell's Romeo and Juliet opened December 20, 1934, at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York.”
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23 December 1934exact date
New Jerseymentioned
“To appease the Nicolsons, who were furious at the elopement, a formal ceremony took place December 23, 1934, at the New Jersey mansion of the bride's godmother.”
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14 April 1936exact date
Lafayette Theatre (Harlem)mentioned
“The play opened April 14, 1936, at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem and was received rapturously.”
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14 April 1936exact date
Harlemmentioned
“The play opened April 14, 1936, at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem and was received rapturously.”
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5 December 1936exact date
Maxine Elliott Theatrementioned
“The play was presented September 26 – December 5, 1936, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York, and featured Joseph Cotten in his first starring role.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
21 April 1937exact date
Henry Street Settlementmentioned
“Presented at the Henry Street Settlement Music School in New York for the benefit of high school students, the production opened April 21, 1937, and ran its scheduled three performances.”
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21 April 1937exact date
New Yorkmentioned
“Presented at the Henry Street Settlement Music School in New York for the benefit of high school students, the production opened April 21, 1937, and ran its scheduled three performances.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
9 May 1937exact date
Maxine Elliott Theatrementioned
“Faustus that used light as a prime unifying scenic element in a nearly black stage, presented January 8 – May 9, 1937, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
2 April 1938exact date
48th Street Theatrementioned
“As well as being presented in a pared-down oratorio version at the Mercury Theatre in December 1937, The Cradle Will Rock was at the Windsor Theatre January 4 – April 2, 1938.”
source: Wikipedia: Orson Welles
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1943year
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1946year
1949year
8 May 1955exact date
1956year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Alfred HitchcockHollywood, Los Angeles · 1939Frank DrakeChicago · 1930Ray KrocChicago · 1919William Howard TaftChicago · 1919Gary CooperChicago · 1924Gene DeitchChicago · 1924James CagneyChicago · 1924Dorothy MaloneChicago · 1924Pierre CardinAmerica · 1970William ShockleyAmerica · 1970Keith JarrettAmerica · 1970Ivar GiaeverAmerica · 1970
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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