Valentina Cortese
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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.
Known for
Credits
Black Magic (1949)
as Zoraida
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
First Love (1970)
as Mutter
The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Malaya (1949)
as Luana
Day for Night (1973)
as Séverine
Appassionata (1974)
as Elisa Rutelli
The Love Mates (1970)
as Eva
Give Her the Moon (1970)
as Madeleine de Lépine
Rome: Free City (1946)
as La ragazza
Le ragazze di Milano (2007)
as Self
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
as Gabriella (uncredited)
Barabbas (1961)
as Julia
Love and Troubles (1958)
as Marisa
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
as Pica Di Bernardone
Widows' Nest (1977)
as Dolores
Women Without Names (1950)
Actor
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Rose Valdez
The Possessed (1965)
as Irma
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
as Valentina
L'ebreo errante (1948)
as Ester
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
as Natalia Trotsky
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
as Laura Craven-Torrani
The Visit (1964)
as Mathilda Miller
La Classe américaine (1993)
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
as Madame Sobieski
Thieves' Highway (1949)
as Rica
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
as Victoria Kowelska
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
as Grazia Filippini
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini' (1965)
as Self
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1981)
as Caterina de Dominicis
Ring of Darkness (1979)
as Elena Merrill
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975)
as Olghina Franchetti
Buster's Bedroom (1991)
as Serafina Tannenbaum
Nick the Sting (1976)
as Regina
Le Amiche (1955)
as Nene
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
as Luisa Sola
Il matrimonio (1954)
Actor
Crossroads of Passion (1948)
as Maria Pilar
4 girls dream (1943)
Actor
Sparrow (1994)
as Madre Superiora
Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)
as Sabina Foschini
Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000)
as Self
Listen, Let's Make Love (1968)
as Lallo's Mother
The Jester's Supper (1942)
as Lisabetta
Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Il bravo di Venezia (1941)
as Alina
Magic Fire (1955)
as Mathilde Wesendonk
Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
as Sabina Foschini
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)
as Cosetta
Il corriere del re (1947)
Actor
The Big Operator (1976)
as Witwe
The Boat on the Grass (1971)
as Catherine
Tender Dracula (1974)
Actor
Story of San Michele (1962)
as Eleonora Duse
L'attore scomparso (1941)
Actor
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957)
as Fanny
Young Toscanini (1988)
as Comparsa (uncredited)
Angels of Darkness (1954)
as Vally
Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)
as Ornella
Les Misérables (1948)
as Fantine
Un americano in vacanza (1946)
as Maria
Square of Violence (1961)
as Erica Bernardi
Diva! (2017)
as Self
Via Montenapoleone (1987)
as madre di Guido
Secret People (1952)
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Black Sun (1966)
as Maria
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965)
as Self
Girl of the Golden West (1942)
as Madge
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Glass Mountain (1949)
as Alida Morrosini
Giorni felici (1943)
as Marianna
Jailbirds (1954)
as Luprandi's wife
The Kiss (1974)
as Elizabeth Blixen
Primo amore (1941)
as Nerina Redi
Quarta pagina (1942)
as Valentina
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Il conte Aquila (1955)
as Teresa Casati
La regina di Navarra (1942)
Actor
Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
as Adriana Lecouvreur
Chi l'ha visto? (1945)
as Luisella
Blue Tango (1987)
as Rachele Cigno
No One Comes Back (1945)
as Valentina
La passeggiata (1953)
as Lisa
Lulù (1953)
Actor
Soltanto un bacio (1942)
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Il passatore (1947)
as Barbara
Facciaffittasi (1988)
as Gina Grandi
Orizzonte di sangue (1942)
Actor