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.
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Acted in
Diva!
2017
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self
Sparrow
1994
as Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom
1991
as Serafina Tannenbaum
I promessi sposi
1989
as Donna Prassede
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Facciaffittasi
1988
as Gina Grandi
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as madre di Guido
Blue Tango
1987
as Rachele Cigno
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest
1977
as Dolores
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herodias
The Big Operator
1976
as Witwe
Nick the Sting
1976
as Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
as Grazia Filippini
The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza
1975
as Olghina Franchetti
The Kiss of Death
1974
as Elizabeth Blixen
Tender Dracula
1974
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
Appassionata
1974
as Elisa Rutelli
Day for Night
1973
as Severine
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Pica Di Bernardone
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Luisa Sola
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
as Madame Sobieski
The Boat on the Grass
1971
as Catherine
The Love Mates
1970
as Eva
First Love
1970
as Mutter
Give Her the Moon
1970
as Madeleine de Lépine
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Gabriella (uncredited)
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
as Ornella
Il killer
1969
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
as Lallo's Mother
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
Black Sun
1966
as Maria
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
as Valentina
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
as Self
The Possessed
1965
as Irma
The Visit
1964
as Mathilda Miller
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
as Laura Craven-Torrani
Story of San Michele
1962
as Eleonora Duse
Barabbas
1961
as Julia
Square of Violence
1961
as Erica Bernardi
Love and Troubles
1958
as Marisa
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
as Fanny
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
as Eloisa, the Schoolmistress
Le Amiche
1955
as Nene
Il Conte Aquila
1955
as Teresa Casati
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
as Adriana Lecouvreur
Magic Fire
1955
as Mathilde Wesendonk
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Jailbirds
1954
as Luprandi's wife
Il matrimonio
1954
Angels of Darkness
1954
as Vally
Lulù
1953
La passeggiata
1953
as Lisa
Secret People
1952
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Dr. Bruni
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
as Victoria Kowelska
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Emilie Gallatin
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Malaya
1949
as Luana
Thieves' Highway
1949
as Rica
Black Magic
1949
as Zoraida
The Glass Mountain
1949
as Alida Morrosini
Crossroads of Passion
1948
as Maria Pilar
L'ebreo errante
1948
as Ester
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
as Cosetta
Les Misérables - Manhunt
1948
as Fantine
Il corriere del re
1947
Il passatore
1947
as Barbara
Rome: Free City
1946
as La ragazza
Un americano in vacanza
1946
as Maria
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
as Luisella
No One Comes Back
1945
as Valentina
4 girls dream
1943
Giorni felici
1943
as Marianna
Quarta pagina
1942
as Valentina
Soltanto un bacio
1942
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
La regina di Navarra
1942
The Jester's Supper
1942
as Lisabetta
Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Madge
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Primo amore
1941
as Nerina Redi
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
as Alina
L'attore scomparso
1941