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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.

Self

by Orson Welles

character

Episodes3

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    The Battle Over Citizen Kane
    episode S8.E7 january 1996
    Documentary 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.
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    Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1
    episode S18.E3 november 2005
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    War of the Worlds
    episode S26.E1 october 2013
    An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.