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# Joseph Cotten

(1905–1994)   Film Actor

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Joseph Cotten was a film actor.

## Quick Facts About Joseph Cotten

Born May 15, 1905

Died February 6, 1994

Profession Film Actor

## About Joseph Cotten

American actor (1905–1994)... \| 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 gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with Orson Welles on films

##  Quotes by Joseph Cotten

> [Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-cotten/orson-welles-lists-citizen-kane-as-his-best-film-alfred-hitchcock/)

Joseph Cotten

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/joseph-cotten-88106_alfred-hitchcock_orson-welles-lists-citizen-kane-as-his-b_233089.png)

> [I didn't care about the movies really. I was tall. I could talk. It was easy to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-cotten/i-didn-t-care-about-the-movies-really-i-was-tall-i-could-talk-it-was/)

Joseph Cotten

[Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/joseph-cotten-88106_care_i-didn-t-care-about-the-movies-really-i_1977897.png)

> [My wife told me one of the sweetest things one could hear: 'I am not jealous. But I am truly sad for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-cotten/my-wife-told-me-one-of-the-sweetest-things-one-could-hear-i-am-not/)

Joseph Cotten

[Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/joseph-cotten-88106_acting_my-wife-told-me-one-of-the-sweetest-thin_3075075.jpg)

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