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| 1905 | ||||
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Born Joseph Cheshire Cotten in Petersburg, Virginia, USA to Sally Bartlett and assistant postmaster Joseph Cotton Sr. He is the older brother of Whit and Sam. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Studies acting at the Hickman School of Expression in Washington DC. He helps pay for his education by selling vacuum cleaners and playing centre for a professional football team. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1924 | ||||
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– Works as a paint salesman as he tries to become an actor on the New York stage. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1925 | ||||
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– Leaves New York for Miami with friends after failing to earn a living as an actor. Works in a variety of jobs, including lifeguard, salesman and merchandiser of Tip Top Potato Salad. He also sells advertising for the Miami Herald, where he writes occasional drama reviews. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Begins appearing on stage at the Miami Civic Theatre. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Employed as assistant stage manager at a theatre in New York. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1929 | ||||
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– Works for a season at the Copley Theatre in Boston. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
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– Employed as understudy and assistant stage manager by theatrical impresario David Belasco. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Makes acting debut on Broadway. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1931 | ||||
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– Marries Lenore La Mont (Kipp), the divorced mother of a two-year-old girl. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1936 | ||||
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– Meets, and becomes a lifelong friend of, Orson Welles while working at the Federal Theatre. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1937 | ||||
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– Stars in Welles’ Mercury Theatre productions of Julius Caesar and Shoemaker’s Holiday. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1938 | ||||
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– Makes his film debut in Welles’ short film Too Much Johnson. Intended as providing a bridge between scenes of the stage play, the film is never officially released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Returns to Broadway to appear as C. Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1940 | ||||
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– Arrives in Hollywood with Orson Welles and other members of the Mercury Theatre Production Company. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1941 | ||||
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– Appears in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Writes the screenplay for Journey into Fear with the help of Welles. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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– Contracted to independent producer David O. Selznick. He will go on to appear in four films with Selznick’s wife Jennifer Jones, and become firm friends with the couple. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Kicks columnist Hedda Hopper in the rear at a Hollywood party after she refuses to retract false allegations that he had romanced teen movie starlet Deanna Durbin. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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– Entertains Allied troops in the US and overseas during WWII. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1949 | ||||
| – Wins the only award of his acting career – The Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Portrait of Jennie. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
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– Accepts more television work as his film career declines. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1960 | ||||
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– Wife Lenore La Mont dies of leukemia. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 20/10 – | Marries British actress Patricia Medina at the home of David Selznick and Jennifer Jones. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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– Appears in Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte opposite Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland and Agnes Moorehead. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1981 | ||||
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– Suffers a stroke which temporarily affects his speech and effectively brings an end to his acting career. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1987 | ||||
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– Autobiography, Vanity Will Get You Somewhere, is published. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1994 | ||||
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Dies of pneumonia at his home in Westwood, California, after surgery for throat cancer at the age of 88. He is buried at Blandford Cemetary in Petersburg, Virginia. [MORE] [ADD] |
Joseph Cotten
