Valentina Cortese

Actor Jan 1 (died age 96) Milan, Lombardy, Italy 1941–2017 (76 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Day for Night

Séverine

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

Herodias

Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Queen Ariadne / Violet

Film

Juliet of the Spirits

Valentina

Film

La Classe américaine

The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

The Barefoot Contessa

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Film

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Laura Craven-Torrani

Film

Barabbas

Julia

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (89)

Diva!

2017

8.2

Le ragazze di Milano

2007

as Self

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema

2001

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self

Sparrow

as Madre Superiora

La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.6

Buster's Bedroom

1991

as Serafina Tannenbaum

3.0

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

as Queen Ariadne / Violet

7.0

Facciaffittasi

1988

as Gina Grandi

Via Montenapoleone

as madre di Guido

Blue Tango

as Rachele Cigno

La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa

1981

as Caterina de Dominicis

When Time Ran Out...

as Rose Valdez

Ring of Darkness

as Elena Merrill

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

1978

as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande

4.8

Widows' Nest

1977

as Dolores

The Big Operator

as Witwe

Nick the Sting

as Regina

Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as Sabina Foschini

Kidnap Syndicate

as Grazia Filippini

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

1975

as Olghina Franchetti

Appassionata

as Elisa Rutelli

The Kiss

as Elizabeth Blixen

Tender Dracula

Amore mio non farmi male

as Sabina Foschini

Day for Night

as Séverine

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

as Pica Di Bernardone

7.0

The Assassination of Trotsky

1972

as Natalia Trotsky

5.1

Chronicle of a Homicide

1972

as Luisa Sola

5.3

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

1971

as Madame Sobieski

5.2

The Boat on the Grass

1971

as Catherine

4.7

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970

as Gabriella (uncredited)

First Love

as Mutter

The Love Mates

as Eva

Give Her the Moon

as Madeleine de Lépine

5.6

Oh, Grandmother's Dead

1969

as Ornella

5.4

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968

as Countess Bozo Bedoni

5.9

Listen, Let's Make Love

as Lallo's Mother

Black Sun

as Maria

Juliet of the Spirits

as Valentina

The Possessed

as Irma

Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'

1965

as Self

7.5

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

as Self

The Visit

as Mathilda Miller

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

1963

as Laura Craven-Torrani

Story of San Michele

as Eleonora Duse

Barabbas

as Julia

Square of Violence

as Erica Bernardi

Love and Troubles

as Marisa

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

1957

as Fanny

6.8

The Rocket from Calabuch

1956

as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela

7.4

Magic Fire

1955

as Mathilde Wesendonk

Le Amiche

as Nene

Adriana Lecouvreur

as Adriana Lecouvreur

Il Conte Aquila

1955

as Teresa Casati

The Barefoot Contessa

1954

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Angels of Darkness

as Vally

Il matrimonio

Jailbirds

as Luprandi's wife

Lulù

La passeggiata

as Lisa

Secret People

1952

as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins

6.3

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951

as Victoria Kowelska

6.4

Shadow of the Eagle

1950

as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova

Thieves' Highway

as Rica

Black Magic

as Zoraida

Malaya

as Luana

The Glass Mountain

as Alida Morrosini

Les Misérables

as Fantine

Crossroads of Passion

1948

as Maria Pilar

L'ebreo errante

1948

as Ester

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

as Cosetta

Il corriere del re

Il passatore

as Barbara

Rome: Free City

as La ragazza

Un americano in vacanza

1946

as Maria

No One Comes Back

1945

as Valentina

5.0

Chi l'ha visto?

1945

as Luisella

Giorni felici

1943

as Marianna

4 girls dream

1943

Girl of the Golden West

1942

as Madge

6.0

Soltanto un bacio

1942

as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda

La regina di Navarra

The Jester's Supper

as Lisabetta

Quarta pagina

as Valentina

Orizzonte di sangue

1942

Primo amore

1941

as Nerina Redi

Il bravo di Venezia

1941

as Alina

L'attore scomparso

1941

Television (6)

I promessi sposi

1989

as Donna Prassede

6.5

Facciaffittasi

1988

as Gina Grandi

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as Herodias

7.8

Il killer

1969

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Dr. Bruni

Lux Video Theatre

as Emilie Gallatin