- Born
- Birth nameBeatrice Mori di Gerfalco Welles
- Beatrice Giuditta Welles was born in New York City. She is a former child actress, known for her roles in the film "Chimes at Midnight," Don Quixote (1986) and the travelogue Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964) . The daughter of filmmaker Orson Welles and Italian countess Paola Mori , she is a former model, radio and TV personality, as well as founder of a cosmetics line and designer of handbags and jewelry. She administers the estate of Orson Welles .
- IMDb mini biography by: Ray Kelly
- SpousesJonathan O'Donoghue(June 6, 1997 - 2004) (divorced)Christopher Smith(April 27, 1987 - September 12, 1995) (divorced)
- Parents
- RelativesChristopher Welles(Half Sibling)Rebecca Welles(Half Sibling)
- Daughter of Orson Welles, and sole heir of his estate.
- Her mother was actress Paola Mori, who died in a road accident in 1986.
- Sued to stop Gary Graver from auctioning her father Orson Welles' original Oscar for Citizen Kane (1941)--believed to have been lost--then placed it for sale. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences--which gave her a substitute statuette--sued to block its sale. A California court ruled that, since the agreement she signed with the Academy regarding the sale of the statuette pertained to the replacement only, she "has the unrestricted property rights in the original Oscar, which she may dispose of as she sees fit." Welles never joined the Academy.
- Goddaughter of Frank Sinatra and Mercedes McCambridge.
- As of October 1999, she was living in Las Vegas, NV. She appeared in dozens of TV commercials and made personal appearances for years in Las Vegas for Courtesy Oldsmobile-Izusu-Kia, an auto dealership which she might have owned or had a financial interest in during the 1990s. That particular dealership is gone but there are still a couple of other dealerships named Courtesy in Las Vegas.
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