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Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Actor · Born 1923-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) — Queen Ariadne / Violet
  2. Day for Night (1973) — Séverine
  3. Jesus of Nazareth (1977) — Herodias
  4. Juliet of the Spirits (1965) — Valentina
  5. The Barefoot Contessa (1954) — Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
  6. La Classe américaine (1993) — The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
  7. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) — Laura Craven-Torrani
  8. Barabbas (1961) — Julia
  9. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) — Pica Di Bernardone
  10. Thieves' Highway (1949) — Rica
  11. Le Amiche (1955) — Nene
  12. When Time Ran Out... (1980) — Rose Valdez
  13. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) — Victoria Kowelska
  14. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — Gabriella (uncredited)
  15. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) — Natalia Trotsky
  16. Appassionata (1974) — Elisa Rutelli
  17. The Possessed (1965) — Irma
  18. The Rocket from Calabuch (1956) — Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
  19. The Visit (1964) — Mathilda Miller
  20. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971) — Madame Sobieski
  21. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) — Countess Bozo Bedoni
  22. Kidnap Syndicate (1975) — Grazia Filippini
  23. Sparrow (1994) — Madre Superiora
  24. Black Magic (1949) — Zoraida
  25. The Big Operator (1976) — Witwe
  26. Give Her the Moon (1970) — Madeleine de Lépine
  27. Secret People (1952) — Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
  28. The Jester's Supper (1942) — Lisabetta
  29. Via Montenapoleone (1987) — madre di Guido
  30. Tender Dracula (1974)
  31. Malaya (1949) — Luana
  32. Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975) — Olghina Franchetti
  33. Chronicle of a Homicide (1972) — Luisa Sola
  34. Nick the Sting (1976) — Regina
  35. Rome: Free City (1946) — La ragazza
  36. Ring of Darkness (1979) — Elena Merrill
  37. The Love Mates (1970) — Eva
  38. Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000) — Self
  39. Love and Troubles (1958) — Marisa
  40. Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965) — Self