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'Womaniser' Orson Welles' romantic life revealed

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ANI London

Orson Welles, who was a known womaniser, lived a life that was dotted with affairs with various women.

The legendary actor/director's first love was actress Virginia Nicolson and the couple eloped in 1934 when they were 19, the Daily Express revealed.

While Nicolson was pregnant with the couple's child, Welles began affairs with actresses Geraldine Fitzgerald and Dolores del Rio.

After divorce from Nicolson in 1940, Welles married Rita Hayworth in 1943; that marriage resulted in divorce in 1948 after his extra-marital affairs plagued the relationship.

Soon after, Welles impregnated Italian actress and aristocrat Paola Mori, which prompted a shotgun wedding in 1955 but the couple soon drifted apart.

 

Croatian actress Oja Kodar, who was 26 years his junior, became his partner for the final 24 years of his life but he never divorced Mori and often returned to her.

Welles fathered a daughter from each marriage. He also had an illegitimate son by actress Geraldine Fitzgerald, baronet and film director Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

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First Published: Jul 19 2013 | 11:59 AM IST

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