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Paola di Gerfalco, Contessa di Gerfalco (18 September 1928 – 12 August 1986), better known by her professional name Paola Mori, was an Italian actress and aristocrat, and the third and last wife of Orson Welles.
In 1955, Welles married actress Paola Mori (née Countess Paola di Gerfalco), an Italian aristocrat who starred as Raina Arkadin in his 1955 film Mr. Arkadin. The couple began a passionate affair, and they were married at her parents' insistence.
Sep 4, 2012 · Welles’s third and last wife was Countess Paola Mori Di Girfalco, whom he met in the Summer of ‘52. Paola had spent several years of her life in a concentration camp. She and Welles were married in 1955, two days before his 40th birthday.
Mar 11, 2024 · In a London registrar’s office on May 8, 1955, Orson Welles wed actress Paola Mori, an Italian aristocrat who co-starred in his film Mr. Arkadin. The marriage would last until Welles’ death 30 years later with Mori dying the following year.
Mar 26, 2023 · Orson never divorced his third wife, Paola Mori, but began a 20-plus-year relationship with Oja Kodar after they met on the set of 1962’s The Trial. “She stuck by him through thick and thin,”...
Aug 30, 2021 · In 1955, Welles married Italian actress Paola Mori. Welles met Mori in 1953, and they embarked on a passionate love affair while shooting the thriller, Mr. Arkadin. The union yielded one child — Welles' third daughter, Beatrice.
Oct 10, 2023 · That reportedly ruined his second marriage to Rita Hayworth, who dropped him for cheating on her by 1948. He then married Italian actress Paola Mori in 1955. Though he paired up with actress and artist Oja Kodar for the last 24 years of his life, he often took his leave of her and returned to Paola.
