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Definition of Orson Welles
1. Noun. United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985).
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian, Film Maker, Film Producer, Filmmaker, Movie Maker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orson Welles
Literary usage of Orson Welles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"It was Koch who wrote the famous Martian incident which, with Orson Welles reading
it over the radio, scared the daylights out of certain simple New Jersey ..."
2. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature by Martha L. Brogan, Daphnée Rentfrow (2005)
"... still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The
Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, ..."
3. Culture And Local Development by Xavier Greffe, Sylvie Pflieger, Antonella Noya (2005)
"The city now has an international reputation, and filmmakers have returned to
the place where Orson Welles made Othello more than half a century ago. ..."
4. Wit and Wisdom: A Public Affairs Miscellany by Colin Bingham (1982)
"Orson Welles The pre-condition of community is communication. It is platitudinous
these days—but platitudes are sometimes true—to say that there is ..."
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