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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1923
Died
July 10, 2019
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Also Known As
- Valentina Cortesa
Valentina Cortese
0.7 Popularity
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
8.2
Diva!
2017
🎬
0.0
Self
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001
6.3
Self
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
7.4
Madre Superiora
Sparrow
1994
7.6
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
1993
3.0
Serafina Tannenbaum
Buster's Bedroom
1991
6.4
Donna Prassede
I promessi sposi
1989
7.0
Queen Ariadne / Violet
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
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0.0
Gina Grandi
Facciaffittasi
1988
Credits
Diva!
2017
8.2
🎬
Le ragazze di Milano
as Self
2007
0.0
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2001
9.0
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self
2000
6.3
Sparrow
as Madre Superiora
1994
7.4
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
7.6
Buster's Bedroom
as Serafina Tannenbaum
1991
3.0
I promessi sposi
as Donna Prassede
1989
6.4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988
7.0
🎬
Facciaffittasi
as Gina Grandi
1988
0.0
Via Montenapoleone
as madre di Guido
1987
3.4
Blue Tango
as Rachele Cigno
1987
2.0
When Time Ran Out...
as Rose Valdez
1980
5.4
Ring of Darkness
as Elena Merrill
1979
4.6
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
1978
4.8
Widows' Nest
as Dolores
1977
0.0
Jesus of Nazareth
as Herodias
1977
7.8
The Big Operator
as Witwe
1976
4.5
Nick the Sting
as Regina
1976
6.7
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini
1975
5.3
Kidnap Syndicate
as Grazia Filippini
1975
6.6
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti
1975
5.7
The Kiss
as Elizabeth Blixen
1974
2.0
Tender Dracula
1974
4.0
Amore mio non farmi male
as Sabina Foschini
1974
4.3
Appassionata
as Elisa Rutelli
1974
5.7
Day for Night
as Séverine
1973
7.8
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Natalia Trotsky
1972
5.1
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Pica Di Bernardone
1972
7.0
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Luisa Sola
1972
5.3
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
as Madame Sobieski
1971
5.2
The Boat on the Grass
as Catherine
1971
4.7
The Love Mates
as Eva
1970
4.2
First Love
as Mutter
1970
5.2
Give Her the Moon
as Madeleine de Lépine
1970
5.6
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Gabriella (uncredited)
1970
6.9
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
as Ornella
1969
5.4
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Il killer
1969
0.0
Listen, Let's Make Love
as Lallo's Mother
1968
4.2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
1968
5.9
Black Sun
as Maria
1966
4.0
Juliet of the Spirits
as Valentina
1965
7.2
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
as Self
1965
6.2
The Possessed
as Irma
1965
6.8
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
as Self
1965
7.5
The Visit
as Mathilda Miller
1964
7.1
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Laura Craven-Torrani
1963
6.9
Story of San Michele
as Eleonora Duse
1962
4.0
Barabbas
as Julia
1961
6.9
Square of Violence
as Erica Bernardi
1961
6.3
Love and Troubles
as Marisa
1958
5.9
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
as Fanny
1957
6.8
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
1956
7.5
Le Amiche
as Nene
1955
6.7
Il Conte Aquila
as Teresa Casati
1955
0.0
Adriana Lecouvreur
as Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
0.0
Magic Fire
as Mathilde Wesendonk
1955
4.2
The Barefoot Contessa
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954
6.8
Jailbirds
as Luprandi's wife
1954
4.0
Il matrimonio
1954
6.5
Angels of Darkness
as Vally
1954
2.5
Lulù
1953
0.0
La passeggiata
as Lisa
1953
0.0
Secret People
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
1952
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dr. Bruni
1951
7.2
The House on Telegraph Hill
as Victoria Kowelska
1951
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Emilie Gallatin
1950
6.3
Shadow of the Eagle
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
1950
6.3
Malaya
as Luana
1949
6.5
Thieves' Highway
as Rica
1949
7.2
Black Magic
as Zoraida
1949
6.3
The Glass Mountain
as Alida Morrosini
1949
6.0
Crossroads of Passion
as Maria Pilar
1948
0.0
L'ebreo errante
as Ester
1948
0.0
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
as Cosetta
1948
6.0
Les Misérables
as Fantine
1948
6.0
Il corriere del re
1947
0.0
Il passatore
as Barbara
1947
4.7
Rome: Free City
as La ragazza
1946
4.9
Un americano in vacanza
as Maria
1946
0.0
🎬
Chi l'ha visto?
as Luisella
1945
0.0
No One Comes Back
as Valentina
1945
5.0
🎬
4 girls dream
1943
0.0
Giorni felici
as Marianna
1943
0.0
Quarta pagina
as Valentina
1942
0.0
🎬
Soltanto un bacio
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
1942
0.0
🎬
La regina di Navarra
1942
0.0
The Jester's Supper
as Lisabetta
1942
5.9
Girl of the Golden West
as Madge
1942
6.0
🎬
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
0.0
Primo amore
as Nerina Redi
1941
0.0
Il bravo di Venezia
as Alina
1941
0.0
L'attore scomparso
1941
0.0