Valentina Cortese
Acting
Born: January 1, 1923 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died: July 10, 2019 (aged 96)
Highest Rated
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
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Day for Night
1973
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
La Classe américaine
1993
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
Barabbas
1961
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Thieves' Highway
1949
Le Amiche
1955
When Time Ran Out...
1980
Photos (1)
Movies (79)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
Appassionata
Elisa Rutelli
Barabbas
Julia
Juliet of the Spirits
Valentina
The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Day for Night
Séverine
First Love
Mutter
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Gabriella (uncredited)
Malaya
Luana
The Visit
Mathilda Miller
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Madame Sobieski
Thieves' Highway
Rica
The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
The Rocket from Calabuch
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Black Magic
Zoraida
Sparrow
Madre Superiora
The Love Mates
Eva
The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska
When Time Ran Out...
Rose Valdez
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Laura Craven-Torrani
Kidnap Syndicate
Grazia Filippini
Give Her the Moon
Madeleine de Lépine
Rome: Free City
La ragazza
Secret People
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Le Amiche
Nene
Magic Fire
Mathilde Wesendonk
Young Toscanini
Comparsa (uncredited)
Girl of the Golden West
Madge
Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
The Possessed
Irma
Love and Troubles
Marisa
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Fanny
Via Montenapoleone
madre di Guido
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Ornella
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Olghina Franchetti
Listen, Let's Make Love
Lallo's Mother
Angels of Darkness
Vally
Nick the Sting
Regina
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Cosetta
The Big Operator
Witwe
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Caterina de Dominicis
Les Misérables
Fantine
Story of San Michele
Eleonora Duse
Widows' Nest
Dolores
Chronicle of a Homicide
Luisa Sola
Crossroads of Passion
Maria Pilar
La passeggiata
Lisa
Tender Dracula
1974
Buster's Bedroom
Serafina Tannenbaum
The Boat on the Grass
Catherine
The Kiss
Elizabeth Blixen
Shadow of the Eagle
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
L'ebreo errante
Ester
Il matrimonio
1954
Black Sun
Maria
The Jester's Supper
Lisabetta
Il passatore
Barbara
Diva!
2017
Square of Violence
Erica Bernardi
Blue Tango
Rachele Cigno
Primo amore
Nerina Redi
Amore mio non farmi male
Sabina Foschini
Un americano in vacanza
Maria
Quarta pagina
Valentina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Sabina Foschini
Jailbirds
Luprandi's wife
The Glass Mountain
Alida Morrosini
Il corriere del re
1947
Il Conte Aquila
Teresa Casati
Lulù
1953
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
Giorni felici
Marianna
L'attore scomparso
1941
No One Comes Back
Valentina
Il bravo di Venezia
Alina
