Valentina Cortese
Acting
1923-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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.
Filmography
Diva!
2017 · Movie
Le ragazze di Milano
2007 · Movie
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 · Movie
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000 · Movie
Sparrow
1994 · Movie
La Classe américaine
1993 · Movie
Buster's Bedroom
1991 · Movie
I promessi sposi
1989 · Series
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Young Toscanini
1988 · Movie
Facciaffittasi
1988 · Series
Facciaffittasi
1988 · Movie
Via Montenapoleone
1987 · Movie
Blue Tango
1987 · Movie
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981 · Movie
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Movie
Ring of Darkness
1979 · Movie
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978 · Movie
Widows' Nest
1977 · Movie
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
The Big Operator
1976 · Movie
Nick the Sting
1976 · Movie
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975 · Movie
Kidnap Syndicate
1975 · Movie
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Movie
The Kiss
1974 · Movie
Tender Dracula
1974 · Movie
Amore mio non farmi male
1974 · Movie
Appassionata
1974 · Movie
Day for Night
1973 · Movie
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972 · Movie
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Movie
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972 · Movie
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971 · Movie
The Boat on the Grass
1971 · Movie
The Love Mates
1970 · Movie
First Love
1970 · Movie
Give Her the Moon
1970 · Movie
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Movie
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969 · Movie
Il killer
1969 · Series
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968 · Movie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Movie
Black Sun
1966 · Movie
Juliet of the Spirits
1965 · Movie
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Movie
The Possessed
1965 · Movie
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965 · Movie
I grandi camaleonti
1964 · Series
The Visit
1964 · Movie
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 · Movie
Story of San Michele
1962 · Movie
Barabbas
1961 · Movie
Square of Violence
1961 · Movie
Love and Troubles
1958 · Movie
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957 · Movie
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · Movie
Le Amiche
1955 · Movie
Il conte Aquila
1955 · Movie
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955 · Movie
Magic Fire
1955 · Movie
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Movie
Jailbirds
1954 · Movie
Il matrimonio
1954 · Movie
Angels of Darkness
1954 · Movie
Lulù
1953 · Movie
La passeggiata
1953 · Movie
Secret People
1952 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Shadow of the Eagle
1950 · Movie
Women Without Names
1950 · Movie
Malaya
1949 · Movie
Thieves' Highway
1949 · Movie
Black Magic
1949 · Movie
The Glass Mountain
1949 · Movie
Crossroads of Passion
1948 · Movie
L'ebreo errante
1948 · Movie
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948 · Movie
Les Misérables
1948 · Movie
Il corriere del re
1947 · Movie
Il passatore
1947 · Movie
Rome: Free City
1946 · Movie
Un americano in vacanza
1946 · Movie
Chi l'ha visto?
1945 · Movie
No One Comes Back
1945 · Movie
4 girls dream
1943 · Movie
Giorni felici
1943 · Movie
Quarta pagina
1942 · Movie
Soltanto un bacio
1942 · Movie
La regina di Navarra
1942 · Movie
The Jester's Supper
1942 · Movie
Girl of the Golden West
1942 · Movie
Orizzonte di sangue
1942 · Movie
Primo amore
1941 · Movie
Il bravo di Venezia
1941 · Movie
L'attore scomparso
1941 · Movie