Valentina Cortese
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1923
Died: July 10, 2019
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
90 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
8.2
Diva!
2017NR
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
9.0
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001
6.4
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
7.4
Sparrow
1994
7.6
La Classe américaine
1993
4.3
Buster's Bedroom
1991
7.1
I promessi sposi
1989
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
6.7
Young Toscanini
19889.0
Facciaffittasi
1988NR
Facciaffittasi
1988
3.8
Via Montenapoleone
1987
6.0
Blue Tango
1987
10.0
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981
5.3
When Time Ran Out...
1980
4.8
Ring of Darkness
1979
5.8
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
7.0
Widows' Nest
1977
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
4.6
The Big Operator
1976
6.8
Nick the Sting
1976
5.8
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
6.7
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
6.2
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975
3.5
The Kiss
1974
4.2
Tender Dracula
1974
5.1
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
5.6
Appassionata
1974
7.8
Day for Night
1973
5.3
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
5.5
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
5.3
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
5.1
The Boat on the Grass
1971
4.6
The Love Mates
1970
5.5
First Love
1970
5.8
Give Her the Moon
1970
6.9
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
5.7
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969NR
Il killer
1969
4.5
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
6.0
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
4.8
Black Sun
1966
7.2
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
6.3
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
6.8
The Possessed
1965
7.5
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
9.0
I grandi camaleonti
1964
7.2
The Visit
1964
6.9
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
6.5
Story of San Michele
1962
6.9
Barabbas
1961
6.4
Square of Violence
1961
6.3
Love and Troubles
1958
7.3
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
7.5
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
6.7
Le Amiche
1955
8.0
Il Conte Aquila
1955
9.0
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
5.0
Magic Fire
1955
6.7
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
5.5
Jailbirds
1954
6.8
Il matrimonio
1954
3.6
Angels of Darkness
1954
NR
Lulù
1953
8.0
La passeggiata
1953
6.4
Secret People
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.4
The House on Telegraph Hill
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.5
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
6.9
Malaya
1949
7.3
Thieves' Highway
1949
6.4
Black Magic
1949
6.8
The Glass Mountain
1949
9.0
Crossroads of Passion
1948
10.0
L'ebreo errante
1948
6.0
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
6.0
Les Misérables
1948
10.0
Il corriere del re
1947
6.0
Il passatore
1947
5.4
Rome: Free City
1946
9.0
Un americano in vacanza
19467.0
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
6.0
No One Comes Back
19457.0
4 girls dream
1943
8.0
Giorni felici
1943
8.0
Quarta pagina
194210.0
Soltanto un bacio
1942NR
La regina di Navarra
1942
6.1
The Jester's Supper
1942
6.5
Girl of the Golden West
19428.0
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
9.0
Primo amore
1941
9.0
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
7.0
L'attore scomparso
1941