Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953). He then gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with Orson Welles on three films, Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), which Cotten starred in and for which he was also credited with the screenplay.
Cotten in 1942
Joseph Cotten modeled for The American Magazine (September 1931)
Cotten and Edgar Barrier during the shooting of film sequences for the stage production Too Much Johnson (1938)
Cotten and Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in The Philadelphia Story (1939)
The Philadelphia Story (play)
The Philadelphia Story is a 1939 American comic play by Philip Barry. It tells the story of a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. Written as a vehicle for Katharine Hepburn, its success marked a reversal of fortunes for the actress, who was one of the film stars deemed "box office poison" in 1938.
First edition
Katharine Hepburn
Vera Allen, Dan Tobin, Katharine Hepburn and Lenore Lonergan
Katharine Hepburn