Valentina Cortese
84 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1923
- Died
- Jul 10, 2019 (age 96)
- Place of birth
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Also known as
- Valentina Cortesa
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.0 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Film
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★ 7.8 Day for Night
1973 · Film
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★ 7.8 Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · TV
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★ 7.2 Juliet of the Spirits
1965 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Film
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★ 7.6 La Classe américaine
1993 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 · Film
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★ 6.9 Barabbas
1961 · Film
Valentina Cortese: movies and TV shows
Acting (91)
- 1994 Sparrow
as Madre Superiora
- 1993 La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 Buster's Bedroom
as Serafina Tannenbaum
- 1989
- 1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
- 1988 Young Toscanini
as Comparsa (uncredited)
- 1988 Facciaffittasi
as Gina Grandi
- 1988
- 1987 Via Montenapoleone
as madre di Guido
- 1987 Blue Tango
as Rachele Cigno
- 1981 La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
as Caterina de Dominicis
- 1980 When Time Ran Out...
as Rose Valdez
- 1979 Ring of Darkness
as Elena Merrill
- 1978 Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
- 1977 Widows' Nest
as Dolores
- 1977
- 1976 The Big Operator
as Witwe
- 1976 Nick the Sting
as Regina
- 1975 Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini
- 1975 Kidnap Syndicate
as Grazia Filippini
- 1975 Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti
- 1974 The Kiss
as Elizabeth Blixen
- 1974
- 1974 Amore mio non farmi male
as Sabina Foschini
- 1974 Appassionata
as Elisa Rutelli
- 1973 Day for Night
as Séverine
- 1972 The Assassination of Trotsky
as Natalia Trotsky
- 1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Pica Di Bernardone
- 1972 Chronicle of a Homicide
as Luisa Sola
- 1971 The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
as Madame Sobieski
- 1971 The Boat on the Grass
as Catherine
- 1970 The Love Mates
as Eva
- 1970 First Love
as Mutter
- 1970 Give Her the Moon
as Madeleine de Lépine
- 1970 The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Gabriella (uncredited)
- 1969 Oh, Grandmother's Dead
as Ornella
- 1969
- 1968 Listen, Let's Make Love
as Lallo's Mother
- 1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
- 1966 Black Sun
as Maria
- 1965 Juliet of the Spirits
as Valentina
- 1965 The Possessed
as Irma
- 1964
- 1964 The Visit
as Mathilda Miller
- 1963 The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Laura Craven-Torrani
- 1962 Story of San Michele
as Eleonora Duse
- 1961 Barabbas
as Julia
- 1961 Square of Violence
as Erica Bernardi
- 1958 Love and Troubles
as Marisa
- 1957 Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
as Fanny
- 1956 The Rocket from Calabuch
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
- 1955 Le Amiche
as Nene
- 1955 Il Conte Aquila
as Teresa Casati
- 1955 Adriana Lecouvreur
as Adriana Lecouvreur
- 1955 Magic Fire
as Mathilde Wesendonk
- 1954 The Barefoot Contessa
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
- 1954 Jailbirds
as Luprandi's wife
- 1954
- 1954 Angels of Darkness
as Vally
- 1953
- 1953 La passeggiata
as Lisa
- 1952 Secret People
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
- 1951
- 1951 The House on Telegraph Hill
as Victoria Kowelska
- 1950
- 1950 Shadow of the Eagle
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
- 1949 Malaya
as Luana
- 1949 Thieves' Highway
as Rica
- 1949 Black Magic
as Zoraida
- 1949 The Glass Mountain
as Alida Morrosini
- 1948 Crossroads of Passion
as Maria Pilar
- 1948 L'ebreo errante
as Ester
- 1948 Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
as Cosetta
- 1948 Les Misérables
as Fantine
- 1947
- 1947 Il passatore
as Barbara
- 1946 Rome: Free City
as La ragazza
- 1946 Un americano in vacanza
as Maria
- 1945 Chi l'ha visto?
as Luisella
- 1945 No One Comes Back
as Valentina
- 1943
- 1943 Giorni felici
as Marianna
- 1942 Quarta pagina
as Valentina
- 1942 Soltanto un bacio
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
- 1942
- 1942 The Jester's Supper
as Lisabetta
- 1942 Girl of the Golden West
as Madge
- 1942
- 1941 Primo amore
as Nerina Redi
- 1941 Il bravo di Venezia
as Alina
- 1941
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2017
- 2007
- 2001
- 2000
- 1965
- 1965