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