Self is a real person portrayed by Orson Welles in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Battle Over Citizen Kane (season 8), they were 80 years old.
They appear in 3 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
Self is also portrayed by Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra, Charles Chaplin, Martin Scorsese, Nancy Allen and Walt Disney.
Episodes3
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
episode S8.E7 january 1996Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' tt0033467. Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1
episode S18.E3 november 2005War of the Worlds
episode S26.E1 october 2013An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
- The Battle Over Citizen Kane
- Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1
- War of the Worlds