Valentina Cortese (January 1, 1923 - July 10, 2019) was an Italian film actress.
Valentina Cortese (January 1, 1923 - July 10, 2019) was an Italian film actress.
The Milan-born actress starred in The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) directed by Robert Wise, and costarring Richard Basehart and William Lundigan. Cortese, aged 28, married Basehart in 1951, and had one son with him before they divorced in 1960.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1975 for her performance in François Truffaut's Day for Night.
Cortese appeared in Jules Dassin's Thieves' Highway (1949), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Michelangelo Antonioni's Le Amiche (1955), Gérard Brach's The Boat on the Grass, Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and in the Franco Zeffirelli projects such as the 1972 film Brother Sun, Sister Moon, his 1977 miniseries, Jesus of Nazareth and the 1993 film Sparrow.
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Filmography (Movies)
Diva!
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2017
Le ragazze di Milano
Character:Self
Release Date:14/09/2007
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2001
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/2000
Sparrow
Character:Madre Superiora
Release Date:04/02/1994
La Classe américaine
Character:The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1993
Buster's Bedroom
Character:Serafina Tannenbaum
Release Date:09/05/1991
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Character:Queen Ariadne / Violet
Release Date:07/12/1988
Facciaffittasi
Character:Gina Grandi
Release Date:01/05/1988
Via Montenapoleone
Character:madre di Guido
Release Date:13/03/1987
Blue Tango
Character:Rachele Cigno
Release Date:02/02/1987
When Time Ran Out...
Character:Rose Valdez
Release Date:28/03/1980
Ring of Darkness
Character:Elena Merrill
Release Date:29/10/1979
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Character:Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Release Date:23/05/1978
Widows' Nest
Character:Dolores
Release Date:01/12/1977
The Big Operator
Character:Witwe
Release Date:27/11/1976
Nick the Sting
Character:Regina
Release Date:14/09/1976
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Character:Sabina Foschini
Release Date:17/10/1975
Kidnap Syndicate
Character:Grazia Filippini
Release Date:27/08/1975
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Character:Olghina Franchetti
Release Date:21/08/1975
The Kiss
Character:Elizabeth Blixen
Release Date:22/08/1974
Tender Dracula
Character:
Release Date:07/08/1974
Amore mio non farmi male
Character:Sabina Foschini
Release Date:13/07/1974
Appassionata
Character:Elisa Rutelli
Release Date:22/05/1974
Day for Night
Character:Séverine
Release Date:24/05/1973
The Assassination of Trotsky
Character:Natalia Trotsky
Release Date:30/03/1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Character:Pica Di Bernardone
Release Date:03/03/1972
Chronicle of a Homicide
Character:Luisa Sola
Release Date:04/02/1972
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Character:Madame Sobieski
Release Date:24/08/1971
The Boat on the Grass
Character:Catherine
Release Date:16/04/1971
The Love Mates
Character:Eva
Release Date:18/12/1970
First Love
Character:Mutter
Release Date:07/10/1970
Give Her the Moon
Character:Madeleine de Lépine
Release Date:25/02/1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Character:Gabriella (uncredited)
Release Date:02/01/1970
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Character:Ornella
Release Date:09/10/1969
Listen, Let's Make Love
Character:Lallo's Mother
Release Date:13/09/1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Character:Countess Bozo Bedoni
Release Date:21/08/1968
Black Sun
Character:Maria
Release Date:10/12/1966
Juliet of the Spirits
Character:Valentina
Release Date:22/10/1965
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Character:Self
Release Date:12/09/1965
The Possessed
Character:Irma
Release Date:24/07/1965
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Visit
Character:Mathilda Miller
Release Date:06/05/1964
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Character:Laura Craven-Torrani
Release Date:10/02/1963
Story of San Michele
Character:Eleonora Duse
Release Date:28/09/1962
Barabbas
Character:Julia
Release Date:23/12/1961
Square of Violence
Character:Erica Bernardi
Release Date:01/01/1961
Love and Troubles
Character:Marisa
Release Date:19/12/1958
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Character:Fanny
Release Date:04/03/1957
The Rocket from Calabuch
Character:Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Release Date:28/09/1956
Le Amiche
Character:Nene
Release Date:18/11/1955
Il Conte Aquila
Character:Teresa Casati
Release Date:07/09/1955
Adriana Lecouvreur
Character:Adriana Lecouvreur
Release Date:11/08/1955
Magic Fire
Character:Mathilde Wesendonk
Release Date:30/06/1955
The Barefoot Contessa
Character:Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Release Date:29/09/1954
Jailbirds
Character:Luprandi's wife
Release Date:18/09/1954
Il matrimonio
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1954
Angels of Darkness
Character:Vally
Release Date:27/01/1954
Lulù
Character:
Release Date:10/06/1953
La passeggiata
Character:Lisa
Release Date:27/01/1953
Secret People
Character:Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Release Date:05/02/1952
The House on Telegraph Hill
Character:Victoria Kowelska
Release Date:12/05/1951
Shadow of the Eagle
Character:Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Release Date:11/09/1950
Malaya
Character:Luana
Release Date:27/12/1949
Thieves' Highway
Character:Rica
Release Date:20/09/1949
Black Magic
Character:Zoraida
Release Date:19/08/1949
The Glass Mountain
Character:Alida Morrosini
Release Date:09/03/1949
Crossroads of Passion
Character:Maria Pilar
Release Date:04/08/1948
L'ebreo errante
Character:Ester
Release Date:24/01/1948
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Character:Cosetta
Release Date:21/01/1948
Les Misérables
Character:Fantine
Release Date:10/01/1948
Il corriere del re
Character:
Release Date:04/12/1947
Il passatore
Character:Barbara
Release Date:22/10/1947
Rome: Free City
Character:La ragazza
Release Date:17/12/1946
Un americano in vacanza
Character:Maria
Release Date:07/09/1946
Chi l'ha visto?
Character:Luisella
Release Date:01/09/1945
No One Comes Back
Character:Valentina
Release Date:05/01/1945
4 girls dream
Character:
Release Date:05/08/1943
Giorni felici
Character:Marianna
Release Date:01/01/1943
Quarta pagina
Character:Valentina
Release Date:17/12/1942
Soltanto un bacio
Character:Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Release Date:14/05/1942
La regina di Navarra
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1942
The Jester's Supper
Character:Lisabetta
Release Date:10/02/1942
Girl of the Golden West
Character:Madge
Release Date:09/02/1942
Orizzonte di sangue
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1942
Primo amore
Character:Nerina Redi
Release Date:05/10/1941
Il bravo di Venezia
Character:Alina
Release Date:17/09/1941
L'attore scomparso
Character:
Release Date:02/06/1941
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