Category: Academy Awards History

Born May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Orson Welles’ father was an inventor, his mother a concert pianist. The precocious Welles was a child prodigy who directed a number of high profile theatrical productions in London and New York in his twenties. Actor-writer-producer-director Welles and actor-producer John Houseman formed the Mercury Theatre in 1937, which…

Born in Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, England to working class parents on May 9, 1936, Albert Finney was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and later became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his London stage debut in The Party in support of Charles Laughton who became an early mentor. Finney…