25 Facts About Beatrice Welles

Beatrice Giuditta Welles is an American former child actress, known for her roles in the film Chimes at Midnight and the documentary travelogue In the Land of Don Quixote.

The daughter of American filmmaker Orson Welles and Italian actress Paola Mori, she is a former model, radio and TV personality, founder of a cosmetics line and designer of handbags and jewelry.

Beatrice Giuditta Welles was born in Manhattan on November 13,1955, to Orson Welles and his third wife, Paola Mori.

Beatrice Welles was named after her paternal grandmother, concert pianist Beatrice Ives Welles.

Beatrice Welles was baptized at the Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, with Frank Sinatra and actress Mercedes McCambridge serving as godparents.

Beatrice Welles appeared on stage at the age of five in an Irish stage production of Chimes at Midnight, and later in the 1966 film of the same name.

Beatrice Welles turned to modeling and appeared in layouts in Vogue, as well as runway work in Paris, Milan, London and New York, wearing the clothes of Valentino, Halston and Chanel.

Beatrice Welles became the news director at KAZM-AM radio in Arizona in the early-1970s and later a regional television personality and longtime spokeswoman for a major Southwestern automotive dealership.

Beatrice Welles created a line of handbags and jewelry sold through Goldenstein Gallery in Sedona, Arizona.

Beatrice Welles is an animal rights advocate, something she attributes to being raised by a father who loved animals and a mother actively involved in animal rescue.

Beatrice Welles has supported free spay and neuter services in underserved communities and offered financial aid to various animal rescue groups worldwide.

Beatrice Welles has lent support to groups along the West Coast, South America, Asia and Europe, including efforts to assist stray dogs in Romania through ROLDA and aid the Boldhi dog shelter in Thailand.

Beatrice Welles was one of five founders of the Animal Foundation in Las Vegas and served on their board of trustees for nine years.

Beatrice Welles is the founder and CEO of her own 501, Voices for the Voiceless, from 1997 to 2005 and Windsong Trailer Park Cats from 2007 to 2016.

In recent years, Beatrice Welles has crusaded to reduce plastic pollution in oceans and waterways that kill wildlife.

Beatrice Welles collaborated with producer Julian Schlossberg on the restoration of her father's film Othello, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992,40 years after its release.

Beatrice Welles objected to its being reedited and marketed as a director's cut without her being allowed to screen it in advance.

Beatrice Welles said her actions were prompted by a disastrous edit of Don Quixote several years earlier.

Beatrice Welles is an executive producer on the film, which Netflix released in 2018 to critical acclaim.

Beatrice Welles has spoken at numerous film festivals and screenings, including Film Forum in New York City, about her father's work and protecting his legacy.

Beatrice Welles was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Sedona Film Festival with film critic Jeffrey Lyons and Ray Kelly of the website Wellesnet.

In 2016, Beatrice Welles introduced The Lady from Shanghai at the Prescott Film Festival in Arizona.

Beatrice Welles was a guest speaker that same month at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, hosting a showing of Citizen Kane with filmmaker Michael Moore and Chimes at Midnight with Philip Hallman of the University of Michigan.

Beatrice Welles did caricatures of himself, landscape sketches of the many places his film-making adventures took him, and made his own Christmas cards.

Beatrice Welles was featured in the Morgan Neville documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, which premiered on Netflix in 2018.