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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
Barabbas
(1961)
Julia
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(1988)
Queen Ariadne / Violet
Day for Night
(1973)
Severine
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Rose Valdez
Juliet of the Spirits
(1965)
Valentina
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972)
Pica Di Bernardone
La Classe américaine
(1993)
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
(1949)
Rica
The House on Telegraph Hill
(1951)
Victoria Kowelska
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
(1963)
Laura Craven-Torrani
Full Filmography
Acting
Primo amore
(1941)
Nerina Redi
Il bravo di Venezia
(1941)
Alina
L'attore scomparso
(1941)
La regina di Navarra
(1942)
Orizzonte di sangue
(1942)
The Jester's Supper
(1942)
Lisabetta
Girl of the Golden West
(1942)
Madge
Soltanto un bacio
(1942)
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Quarta pagina
(1942)
Valentina
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 - Storm Over Paris
(1948)
Cosetta
Les Misérables - Manhunt
(1948)
Fantine
Crossroads of Passion
(1948)
Maria Pilar
L'ebreo errante
(1948)
Ester
Malaya
(1949)
Luana
Thieves' Highway
(1949)
Rica
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)
Angels of Darkness
(1954)
Vally
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Jailbirds
(1954)
Luprandi's wife
Il matrimonio
(1954)
Le Amiche
(1955)
Nene
Il Conte Aquila
(1955)
Teresa Casati
Adriana Lecouvreur
(1955)
Adriana Lecouvreur
Magic Fire
(1955)
Mathilde Wesendonk
The Rocket from Calabuch
(1956)
Eloisa, the Schoolmistress
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
(1957)
Fanny
Love and Troubles
(1958)
Marisa
Square of Violence
(1961)
Erica Bernardi
Barabbas
(1961)
Julia
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
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
(1970)
Gabriella (uncredited)
First Love
(1970)
Mutter
Give Her the Moon
(1970)
Madeleine de Lépine
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
(1971)
Madame Sobieski
The Boat on the Grass
(1971)
Catherine
Chronicle of a Homicide
(1972)
Luisa Sola
The Assassination of Trotsky
(1972)
Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972)
Pica Di Bernardone
Day for Night
(1973)
Severine
The Kiss of Death
(1974)
Elizabeth Blixen
Amore mio non farmi male
(1974)
Tender Dracula
(1974)
Appassionata
(1974)
Elisa Rutelli
The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza
(1975)
Olghina Franchetti
Kidnap Syndicate
(1975)
Grazia Filippini
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
(1975)
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
Via Montenapoleone
(1987)
madre di Guido
Blue Tango
(1987)
Rachele Cigno
Facciaffittasi
(1988)
Gina Grandi
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(1988)
Queen Ariadne / Violet
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