Valentina Cortese
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1923-01-01
- Died
- 2019-07-10
- Place of birth
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Also known as
- Valentina Cortesa
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (89)
Appassionata
1974
as Elisa Rutelli
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Barabbas
1961
as Julia
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Gabriella (uncredited)
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
as Laura Craven-Torrani
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
as Grazia Filippini
Day for Night
1973
as Séverine
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
as Valentina
The Visit
1964
as Mathilda Miller
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
1949
as Rica
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Pica Di Bernardone
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Rose Valdez
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Natalia Trotsky
Le Amiche
1955
as Nene
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self
Sparrow
1994
as Madre Superiora
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
as Victoria Kowelska
Black Magic
1949
as Zoraida
Malaya
1949
as Luana
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
as Madame Sobieski
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
as Ornella
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as madre di Guido
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975
as Olghina Franchetti
The Big Operator
1976
as Witwe
Story of San Michele
1962
as Eleonora Duse
Il matrimonio
1954
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Elena Merrill
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
as Lallo's Mother
The Boat on the Grass
1971
as Catherine
Angels of Darkness
1954
as Vally
Blue Tango
1987
as Rachele Cigno
La passeggiata
1953
as Lisa
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Secret People
1952
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Les Misérables
1948
as Fantine
Nick the Sting
1976
as Regina
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
as Fanny
Magic Fire
1955
as Mathilde Wesendonk
The Love Mates
1970
as Eva
The Possessed
1965
as Irma
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
as Cosetta
Black Sun
1966
as Maria
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
as Self
The Kiss
1974
as Elizabeth Blixen
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
as Sabina Foschini
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
First Love
1970
as Mutter
Square of Violence
1961
as Erica Bernardi
Give Her the Moon
1970
as Madeleine de Lépine
Diva!
2017
Tender Dracula
1974
Widows' Nest
1977
as Dolores
Lulù
1953
Quarta pagina
1942
as Valentina
Facciaffittasi
1988
as Gina Grandi
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Luisa Sola
The Glass Mountain
1949
as Alida Morrosini
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
as Sabina Foschini
Buster's Bedroom
1991
as Serafina Tannenbaum
Rome: Free City
1946
as La ragazza
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
as Alina
Il passatore
1947
as Barbara
Un americano in vacanza
1946
as Maria
No One Comes Back
1945
as Valentina
Il Conte Aquila
1955
as Teresa Casati
Jailbirds
1954
as Luprandi's wife
Love and Troubles
1958
as Marisa
The Jester's Supper
1942
as Lisabetta
Crossroads of Passion
1948
as Maria Pilar
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
as Self
Il corriere del re
1947
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001
as Self (archive footage)
L'ebreo errante
1948
as Ester
L'attore scomparso
1941
La regina di Navarra
1942
Primo amore
1941
as Nerina Redi
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
as Self
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
as Adriana Lecouvreur
Soltanto un bacio
1942
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Madge
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981
as Caterina de Dominicis
Giorni felici
1943
as Marianna
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
as Luisella
4 girls dream
1943
About Valentina Cortese
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… With 95 credits spanning from 1941 to 2017, Valentina Cortese has appeared in 89 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Valentina Cortese Movies
- Appassionata (1974) — as Elisa Rutelli
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) — as Queen Ariadne / Violet
- Barabbas (1961) — as Julia
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954) — as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — as Gabriella (uncredited)
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