Valentina Cortese
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1923
- Died
- July 10, 2019 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Diva!
Movie · as Self
Le ragazze di Milano
Movie · as Self
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Movie · as Self
Sparrow
Movie · as Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine
Movie · as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom
Movie · as Serafina Tannenbaum
I promessi sposi
TV · as Donna Prassede · 5 eps
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Facciaffittasi
Movie · as Gina Grandi
Young Toscanini
Movie · as Comparsa (uncredited)
Facciaffittasi
TV · as Gina Grandi · 6 eps
Blue Tango
Movie · as Rachele Cigno
Via Montenapoleone
Movie · as madre di Guido
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Movie · as Caterina de Dominicis
When Time Ran Out...
Movie · as Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness
Movie · as Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Movie · as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest
Movie · as Dolores
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · as Herodias · 4 eps
The Big Operator
Movie · as Witwe
Nick the Sting
Movie · as Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Movie · as Sabina Foschini
Kidnap Syndicate
Movie · as Grazia Filippini
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Movie · as Olghina Franchetti
Appassionata
Movie · as Elisa Rutelli
Amore mio non farmi male
Movie · as Sabina Foschini
The Kiss
Movie · as Elizabeth Blixen
Tender Dracula
Movie
Day for Night
Movie · as Séverine
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie · as Pica Di Bernardone
The Assassination of Trotsky
Movie · as Natalia Trotsky
Chronicle of a Homicide
Movie · as Luisa Sola
The Boat on the Grass
Movie · as Catherine
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Movie · as Madame Sobieski
The Love Mates
Movie · as Eva
First Love
Movie · as Mutter
Give Her the Moon
Movie · as Madeleine de Lépine
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie · as Gabriella (uncredited)
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Movie · as Ornella
Il killer
TV · 3 eps
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie · as Countess Bozo Bedoni
Listen, Let's Make Love
Movie · as Lallo's Mother
Black Sun
Movie · as Maria
Juliet of the Spirits
Movie · as Valentina
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Movie · as Self
The Possessed
Movie · as Irma
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Movie · as Self
The Visit
Movie · as Mathilda Miller
I grandi camaleonti
TV · as Giuseppina Bonaparte · 13 eps
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Laura Craven-Torrani
Story of San Michele
Movie · as Eleonora Duse
Barabbas
Movie · as Julia
Square of Violence
Movie · as Erica Bernardi
Love and Troubles
Movie · as Marisa
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Movie · as Fanny
The Rocket from Calabuch
Movie · as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Le Amiche
Movie · as Nene
Magic Fire
Movie · as Mathilde Wesendonk
Adriana Lecouvreur
Movie · as Adriana Lecouvreur
Il conte Aquila
Movie · as Teresa Casati
The Barefoot Contessa
Movie · as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Jailbirds
Movie · as Luprandi's wife
Il matrimonio
Movie
Angels of Darkness
Movie · as Vally
La passeggiata
Movie · as Lisa
Lulù
Movie
Secret People
Movie · as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
The House on Telegraph Hill
Movie · as Victoria Kowelska
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Dr. Bruni · 1 ep
Shadow of the Eagle
Movie · as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Women Without Names
Movie
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Emilie Gallatin · 1 ep
Thieves' Highway
Movie · as Rica
Malaya
Movie · as Luana
Black Magic
Movie · as Zoraida
The Glass Mountain
Movie · as Alida Morrosini
Les Misérables
Movie · as Fantine
L'ebreo errante
Movie · as Ester
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Movie · as Cosetta
Crossroads of Passion
Movie · as Maria Pilar
Il passatore
Movie · as Barbara
Il corriere del re
Movie
Un americano in vacanza
Movie · as Maria
Rome: Free City
Movie · as La ragazza
No One Comes Back
Movie · as Valentina
Chi l'ha visto?
Movie · as Luisella
Giorni felici
Movie · as Marianna
4 girls dream
Movie
Quarta pagina
Movie · as Valentina
La regina di Navarra
Movie
Girl of the Golden West
Movie · as Madge
Orizzonte di sangue
Movie
The Jester's Supper
Movie · as Lisabetta
Soltanto un bacio
Movie · as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
L'attore scomparso
Movie
Il bravo di Venezia
Movie · as Alina
Primo amore
Movie · as Nerina Redi