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person_profile-Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1923

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Jul 10, 2019

Biography of

Valentina Cortese

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    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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Filmography of

Valentina Cortese

Found 64 Movies in total

Diva!

Actor

... 2017

... 2000

La Classe américaine

The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1993

Buster's Bedroom

Serafina Tannenbaum ( Actor )

... 1991

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Queen Ariadne / Violet ( Actor )

... 1988

Via Montenapoleone

madre di Guido ( Actor )

... 1987

Blue Tango

Rachele Cigno ( Actor )

... 1987

Sparrow

Madre Superiora ( Actor )

... 1983

When Time Ran Out...

Rose Valdez ( Actor )

... 1980

Ring of Darkness

Elena Merrill ( Actor )

... 1979

Widows' Nest

Dolores ( Actor )

... 1977

Jesus of Nazareth

Herodius ( Actor )

... 1977

The Big Operator

Witwe ( Actor )

... 1976

Nick the Sting

Regina ( Actor )

... 1976

Kidnap Syndicate

Grazia Filippini ( Actor )

... 1975

The Kiss of Death

Elizabeth Blixen ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

Appassionata

Elisa Rutelli ( Actor )

... 1974

Day for Night

Severine ( Actor )

... 1973

The Assassination of Trotsky

Natalia Trotsky ( Actor )

... 1972

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Pica Di Bernardone ( Actor )

... 1972

Chronicle of a Homicide

Luisa Sola ( Actor )

... 1972

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

Madame Sobieski ( Actor )

... 1971

The Boat on the Grass

Catherine ( Actor )

... 1971

First Love

Mutter ( Actor )

... 1970

Give Her the Moon

Madeleine de Lépine ( Actor )

... 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Gabriella (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1970

Oh, Grandmother's Dead

Ornella ( Actor )

... 1969

Listen, Let's Make Love

Lallo's Mother ( Actor )

... 1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Countess Bozo Bedoni ( Actor )

... 1968

Black Sun

Maria ( Actor )

... 1966

Juliet of the Spirits

Valentina ( Actor )

... 1965

The Possessed

Irma ( Actor )

... 1965

The Visit

Mathilda Miller ( Actor )

... 1964

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Laura Craven-Torrani ( Actor )

... 1963

Story of San Michele

Eleonora Duse ( Actor )

... 1962

Barabbas

Julia ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1958

... 1957

The Rocket from Calabuch

Eloisa, the Schoolmistress ( Actor )

... 1956

Le Amiche

Nene ( Actor )

... 1955

Magic Fire

Mathilde Wesendonk ( Actor )

... 1955

The Barefoot Contessa

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini ( Actor )

... 1954

Jailbirds

Luprandi's wife ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Angels of Darkness

Vally ( Actor )

... 1954

Lulù

Actor

... 1953

La passeggiata

Lisa ( Actor )

... 1953

Secret People

Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins ( Actor )

... 1952

The House on Telegraph Hill

Victoria Kowelska ( Actor )

... 1951

Shadow of the Eagle

Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova ( Actor )

... 1950

Malaya

Luana ( Actor )

... 1949

Thieves' Highway

Rica ( Actor )

... 1949

Black Magic

Zoraida ( Actor )

... 1949

The Glass Mountain

Alida Morrosini ( Actor )

... 1949

Crossroads of Passion

Maria Pilar ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1948

Les Misérables

Fantine ( Actor )

... 1948

Il passatore

Barbara ( Actor )

... 1947

The Jester's Supper

Lisabetta ( Actor )

... 1942

Primo amore

Nerina Redi ( Actor )

... 1941

Il bravo di Venezia

Alina ( Actor )

... 1941