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
Appassionata (1974)
as Elisa Rutelli
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Barabbas (1961)
as Julia
The Visit (1964)
as Mathilda Miller
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Day for Night (1973)
as Séverine
Thieves' Highway (1949)
as Rica
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
as Gabriella (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Rose Valdez
La Classe américaine (1993)
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
as Valentina
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
as Pica Di Bernardone
The Possessed (1965)
as Irma
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
as Laura Craven-Torrani
Black Magic (1949)
as Zoraida
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
as Natalia Trotsky
First Love (1970)
as Mutter
Malaya (1949)
as Luana
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
as Victoria Kowelska
The Love Mates (1970)
as Eva
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
as Madame Sobieski
Diva! (2017)
Actor
Ring of Darkness (1979)
as Elena Merrill
Sparrow (1994)
as Madre Superiora
Give Her the Moon (1970)
as Madeleine de Lépine
Le Amiche (1955)
as Nene
Blue Tango (1987)
as Rachele Cigno
The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
The Jester's Supper (1942)
as Lisabetta
Magic Fire (1955)
as Mathilde Wesendonk
Tender Dracula (1974)
Actor
Secret People (1952)
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)
as Sabina Foschini
Buster's Bedroom (1991)
as Serafina Tannenbaum
Il matrimonio (1954)
Actor
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975)
as Olghina Franchetti
Via Montenapoleone (1987)
as madre di Guido
Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000)
as Self
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957)
as Fanny
Girl of the Golden West (1942)
as Madge
Listen, Let's Make Love (1968)
as Lallo's Mother
Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
The Kiss (1974)
as Elizabeth Blixen
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
as Grazia Filippini
Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)
as Ornella
The Big Operator (1976)
as Witwe
L'ebreo errante (1948)
as Ester
Story of San Michele (1962)
as Eleonora Duse
Il passatore (1947)
as Barbara
Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
as Sabina Foschini
Lulù (1953)
Actor
Widows' Nest (1977)
as Dolores
The Glass Mountain (1949)
as Alida Morrosini
L'attore scomparso (1941)
Actor
Angels of Darkness (1954)
as Vally
La regina di Navarra (1942)
Actor
Rome: Free City (1946)
as La ragazza
Crossroads of Passion (1948)
as Maria Pilar
The Boat on the Grass (1971)
as Catherine
Les Misérables (1948)
as Fantine
Black Sun (1966)
as Maria
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
La passeggiata (1953)
as Lisa
Love and Troubles (1958)
as Marisa
Un americano in vacanza (1946)
as Maria
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)
as Cosetta
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965)
as Self
Le ragazze di Milano (2007)
as Self
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
as Luisa Sola
Quarta pagina (1942)
as Valentina
Il corriere del re (1947)
Actor
Nick the Sting (1976)
as Regina
Chi l'ha visto? (1945)
as Luisella
Square of Violence (1961)
as Erica Bernardi
Il bravo di Venezia (1941)
as Alina
4 girls dream (1943)
Actor
Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
as Adriana Lecouvreur
Soltanto un bacio (1942)
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
No One Comes Back (1945)
as Valentina
Il Conte Aquila (1955)
as Teresa Casati
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini' (1965)
as Self
Orizzonte di sangue (1942)
Actor
Primo amore (1941)
as Nerina Redi
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1981)
as Caterina de Dominicis
Jailbirds (1954)
as Luprandi's wife
Facciaffittasi (1988)
as Gina Grandi
Giorni felici (1943)
as Marianna