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