Orson

American  

[awr-suhn] / ˈɔr sən /

noun

1. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”

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Example Sentences

The film revolutionized the structure and grammar of modern cinema as surely as Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane” had a decade earlier, and as Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” would a decade later.

From The Wall Street Journal

Linklater, the man behind “School of Rock” and “Me and Orson Welles,” has made several films about creativity.

From Los Angeles Times

Candy parlayed his repertoire of “SCTV” characters — satirical media personalities like Johnny LaRue and real-life celebrities like Orson Welles — into supporting parts in hit films like “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “The Blues Brothers,” “Brewster’s Millions” and “Spaceballs.”

From Los Angeles Times

She featured in a television documentary narrated by Orson Welles, which saw her playing and wrestling with baby chimps.

From BBC

Jaglom was a mentee and close confidant of acclaimed filmmaker and actor Orson Welles, whose farewell performance came in Jaglom’s 1987 comedy “Someone to Love,” which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

From Los Angeles Times