Valentina Cortese
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Valentina Cortese (born 1 January 1923) is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valentina Cortese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 1, 1923 In Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie L'attore scomparso 1941-06-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Diva! 2017-09-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Diva! | 2017-09-01 | |
| Movie | La mujer del andén | Camila | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Federico Fellini's Autobiography | Self | 2000-09-05 |
| Movie | Sparrow | Madre Superiora | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | La Classe américaine | The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1993-12-31 |
| Movie | Buster's Bedroom | Serafina Tannenbaum | 1991-05-09 |
| Series | I promessi sposi | Donna Prassede | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | Facciaffittasi | Gina Grandi | 1988-05-01 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Queen Ariadne / Violet | 1988-12-07 |
| Movie | Blue Tango | Rachele Cigno | 1987-02-02 |
| Movie | Via Montenapoleone | madre di Guido | 1987-03-13 |
| Movie | When Time Ran Out... | Rose Valdez | 1980-03-28 |
| Movie | Ring of Darkness | Elena Merrill | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | Tanto va la gatta al lardo... | Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande | 1978-05-23 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Herodias | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | Widows' Nest | Dolores | 1977-12-01 |
| Movie | The Big Operator | Witwe | 1976-11-27 |
| Movie | Nick the Sting | Regina | 1976-09-14 |
| Movie | Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza | Olghina Franchetti | 1975-08-21 |
| Movie | Kidnap Syndicate | Grazia Filippini | 1975-08-27 |
| Movie | Son tornate a fiorire le rose | 1975-10-17 | |
| Movie | Amore mio non farmi male | 1974-07-13 | |
| Movie | Appassionata | Elisa Rutelli | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | Tender Dracula | 1974-08-07 | |
| Movie | The Kiss of Death | Elizabeth Blixen | 1974-08-22 |
| Movie | Day for Night | Severine | 1973-05-24 |
| Movie | Chronicle of a Homicide | Luisa Sola | 1972-02-04 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Trotsky | Natalia Trotsky | 1972-04-20 |
| Movie | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Pica Di Bernardone | 1972-03-03 |
| Movie | The Boat on the Grass | Catherine | 1971-04-16 |
| Movie | The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Madame Sobieski | 1971-08-24 |
| Movie | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Gabriella (uncredited) | 1970-01-02 |
| Movie | Give Her the Moon | Madeleine de Lépine | 1970-02-25 |
| Movie | First Love | Mutter | 1970-10-07 |
| Movie | The Love Mates | Eva | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Oh, Grandmother's Dead | Ornella | 1969-10-09 |
| Movie | Listen, Let's Make Love | Lallo's Mother | 1968-09-13 |
| Movie | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Countess Bozo Bedoni | 1968-08-21 |
| Movie | Black Sun | Maria | 1966-12-10 |
| Movie | Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials | Self | 1965-09-12 |
| Movie | The Possessed | Irma | 1965-07-24 |
| Movie | Juliet of the Spirits | Valentina | 1965-10-22 |
| Movie | The Visit | Mathilda Miller | 1964-05-06 |
| Movie | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Laura Craven-Torrani | 1963-02-10 |
| Movie | Story of San Michele | Eleonora Duse | 1962-09-28 |
| Movie | Square of Violence | Erica Bernardi | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | Barabbas | Julia | 1961-12-23 |
| Movie | Love and Troubles | Marisa | 1958-12-19 |
| Movie | Kean: Genius or Scoundrel | Fanny | 1957-03-04 |
| Movie | The Rocket from Calabuch | Eloisa, the Schoolmistress | 1956-09-28 |
| Movie | Magic Fire | Mathilde Wesendonk | 1955-06-30 |
| Movie | Adriana Lecouvreur | Adriana Lecouvreur | 1955-08-11 |
| Movie | Le Amiche | Nene | 1955-11-18 |
| Movie | Il Conte Aquila | Teresa Casati | 1955-09-07 |
| Movie | Angels of Darkness | Vally | 1954-01-27 |
| Movie | Il matrimonio | 1954-02-25 | |
| Movie | The Barefoot Contessa | Eleanora Torlato-Favrini | 1954-09-29 |
| Movie | Jailbirds | Luprandi's wife | 1954-09-18 |
| Movie | La passeggiata | Lisa | 1953-01-27 |
| Movie | Secret People | Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins | 1952-02-05 |
| Movie | The House on Telegraph Hill | Victoria Kowelska | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Eagle | Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova | 1950-09-11 |
| Movie | Malaya | Luana | 1949-12-27 |
| Movie | The Glass Mountain | Alida Morrosini | 1949-03-09 |
| Movie | Black Magic | Zoraida | 1949-08-19 |
| Movie | Thieves' Highway | Rica | 1949-09-20 |
| Movie | Les Misérables | Fantine | 1948-01-10 |
| Movie | L'ebreo errante | Ester | 1948-01-24 |
| Movie | Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris | Cosetta | 1948-01-21 |
| Movie | Il passatore | Barbara | 1947-10-22 |
| Movie | Un americano in vacanza | Maria | 1946-09-07 |
| Movie | Rome: Free City | La ragazza | 1946-12-17 |
| Movie | No One Comes Back | Valentina | 1945-01-05 |
| Movie | 4 girls dream | 1943-08-05 | |
| Movie | Giorni felici | Marianna | 1943-01-01 |
| Movie | Girl of the Golden West | Madge | 1942-02-09 |
| Movie | Orizzonte di sangue | 1942-01-02 | |
| Movie | The Jester's Supper | Lisabetta | 1942-02-10 |
| Movie | Soltanto un bacio | Maria Renda / Luisa Renda | 1942-05-14 |
| Movie | Quarta pagina | Valentina | 1942-12-17 |
| Movie | L'attore scomparso | 1941-06-02 | |
| Movie | Primo amore | Nerina Redi | 1941-10-05 |
| Movie | Il bravo di Venezia | Alina | 1941-09-17 |