Valentina Cortese
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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Films (91)
Diva!
2017 · Self
Le ragazze di Milano
2007 · Self
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000 · Self
Sparrow
1994 · Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine
1993 · The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom
1991 · Serafina Tannenbaum
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Queen Ariadne / Violet
Young Toscanini
1988 · Comparsa (uncredited)
Facciaffittasi
1988 · Gina Grandi
Via Montenapoleone
1987 · madre di Guido
Blue Tango
1987 · Rachele Cigno
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981 · Caterina de Dominicis
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness
1979 · Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978 · Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest
1977 · Dolores
The Big Operator
1976 · Witwe
Nick the Sting
1976 · Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975 · Sabina Foschini
Kidnap Syndicate
1975 · Grazia Filippini
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Olghina Franchetti
The Kiss
1974 · Elizabeth Blixen
Tender Dracula
1974
Amore mio non farmi male
1974 · Sabina Foschini
Appassionata
1974 · Elisa Rutelli
Day for Night
1973 · Séverine
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972 · Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Pica Di Bernardone
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972 · Luisa Sola
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971 · Madame Sobieski
The Boat on the Grass
1971 · Catherine
The Love Mates
1970 · Eva
First Love
1970 · Mutter
Give Her the Moon
1970 · Madeleine de Lépine
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Gabriella (uncredited)
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969 · Ornella
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968 · Lallo's Mother
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Countess Bozo Bedoni
Black Sun
1966 · Maria
Juliet of the Spirits
1965 · Valentina
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Self
The Possessed
1965 · Irma
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965 · Self
The Visit
1964 · Mathilda Miller
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 · Laura Craven-Torrani
Story of San Michele
1962 · Eleonora Duse
Barabbas
1961 · Julia
Square of Violence
1961 · Erica Bernardi
Love and Troubles
1958 · Marisa
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957 · Fanny
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Le Amiche
1955 · Nene
Il conte Aquila
1955 · Teresa Casati
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955 · Adriana Lecouvreur
Magic Fire
1955 · Mathilde Wesendonk
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Jailbirds
1954 · Luprandi's wife
Il matrimonio
1954
Angels of Darkness
1954 · Vally
Lulù
1953
La passeggiata
1953 · Lisa
Secret People
1952 · Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Victoria Kowelska
Shadow of the Eagle
1950 · Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Women Without Names
1950
Malaya
1949 · Luana
Thieves' Highway
1949 · Rica
Black Magic
1949 · Zoraida
The Glass Mountain
1949 · Alida Morrosini
Crossroads of Passion
1948 · Maria Pilar
L'ebreo errante
1948 · Ester
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948 · Cosetta
Les Misérables
1948 · Fantine
Il corriere del re
1947
Il passatore
1947 · Barbara
Rome: Free City
1946 · La ragazza
Un americano in vacanza
1946 · Maria
Chi l'ha visto?
1945 · Luisella
No One Comes Back
1945 · Valentina
4 girls dream
1943
Giorni felici
1943 · Marianna
Quarta pagina
1942 · Valentina
Soltanto un bacio
1942 · Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
La regina di Navarra
1942
The Jester's Supper
1942 · Lisabetta
Girl of the Golden West
1942 · Madge
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Primo amore
1941 · Nerina Redi
Il bravo di Venezia
1941 · Alina
L'attore scomparso
1941
