Joseph
Cheshire
Cotten
Jr.
Born in Petersburg, Virginia
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Patricia Paz Maria Medina
— married
20 Oct 1960 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in Los Angeles, California
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2018
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Biography
Joseph was born in 1905.[1]
Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio, and television actor. He achieved prominence on Broadway with starring roles in The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. His film career is notable for starring roles in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), Portrait of Jennie (1948, received a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor), The Third Man (1949), Niagara (1953), and Heaven's Gate (1980). His film career is detailed on Wikipedia at [1]. He passed away on 6 Feb 1994.[2]
Sources
- Interred at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia,. Ward RR, Section 7, Square 7. Gravestone image at [2]
- Joseph Cotten has a Facebook page at [3]
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