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Valentina Cortese

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

Born

Jan 01, 1923

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Died

Jul 10, 2019

Known For

Acting

Movies

91 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

Known For

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 • as Queen Ariadne / Violet
★ 7.0
Appassionata
Appassionata
1974 • as Elisa Rutelli
★ 5.6
Barabbas
Barabbas
1961 • as Julia
★ 6.9
First Love
First Love
1970 • as Mutter
★ 5.5
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 • as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
★ 6.8
Black Magic
Black Magic
1949 • as Zoraida
★ 6.4
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 • as Séverine
★ 7.8
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 • as Gabriella (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 • as Pica Di Bernardone
★ 7.1
The Love Mates
The Love Mates
1970 • as Eva
★ 4.6
When Time Ran Out...
When Time Ran Out...
1980 • as Rose Valdez
★ 5.3
The Visit
The Visit
1964 • as Mathilda Miller
★ 7.2
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 • as Laura Craven-Torrani
★ 6.9
Juliet of the Spirits
Juliet of the Spirits
1965 • as Valentina
★ 7.2
Ring of Darkness
Ring of Darkness
1979 • as Elena Merrill
★ 4.8
The House on Telegraph Hill
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 • as Victoria Kowelska
★ 6.4
The Rocket from Calabuch
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 • as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
★ 7.5
Thieves' Highway
Thieves' Highway
1949 • as Rica
★ 7.3
The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 • as Countess Bozo Bedoni
★ 6.0
Give Her the Moon
Give Her the Moon
1970 • as Madeleine de Lépine
★ 5.8
Malaya
Malaya
1949 • as Luana
★ 6.9
Kidnap Syndicate
Kidnap Syndicate
1975 • as Grazia Filippini
★ 6.8
The Possessed
The Possessed
1965 • as Irma
★ 6.8
Sparrow
Sparrow
1994 • as Madre Superiora
★ 7.4
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
1993 • as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.6
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971 • as Madame Sobieski
★ 5.3
The Assassination of Trotsky
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972 • as Natalia Trotsky
★ 5.3
Widows' Nest
Widows' Nest
1977 • as Dolores
★ 7.0
Le Amiche
Le Amiche
1955 • as Nene
★ 6.7
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981 • as Caterina de Dominicis
★ 10.0
Young Toscanini
Young Toscanini
1988 • as Comparsa (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Square of Violence
Square of Violence
1961 • as Erica Bernardi
★ 6.4
Magic Fire
Magic Fire
1955 • as Mathilde Wesendonk
★ 5.0
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978 • as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
★ 5.8
Rome: Free City
Rome: Free City
1946 • as La ragazza
★ 5.4
The Jester's Supper
The Jester's Supper
1942 • as Lisabetta
★ 6.1
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
★ 6.0
Listen, Let's Make Love
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968 • as Lallo's Mother
★ 4.5
Amore mio non farmi male
Amore mio non farmi male
1974 • as Sabina Foschini
★ 5.1
Black Sun
Black Sun
1966 • as Maria
★ 4.8
Nick the Sting
Nick the Sting
1976 • as Regina
★ 6.8
Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West
1942 • as Madge
★ 6.5
Via Montenapoleone
Via Montenapoleone
1987 • as madre di Guido
★ 3.8
Chronicle of a Homicide
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972 • as Luisa Sola
★ 5.5
Tender Dracula
★ 4.2
Shadow of the Eagle
Shadow of the Eagle
1950 • as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
★ 6.5
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975 • as Sabina Foschini
★ 5.8
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
★ 9.0
Secret People
Secret People
1952 • as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
★ 6.4
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
1948 • as Fantine
★ 6.0
The Boat on the Grass
The Boat on the Grass
1971 • as Catherine
★ 5.1
The Big Operator
The Big Operator
1976 • as Witwe
★ 4.6
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957 • as Fanny
★ 7.3
Blue Tango
Blue Tango
1987 • as Rachele Cigno
★ 6.0
Angels of Darkness
Angels of Darkness
1954 • as Vally
★ 3.6
Diva!
Diva!
2017 • as Self
★ 8.2
Story of San Michele
Story of San Michele
1962 • as Eleonora Duse
★ 6.5
Love and Troubles
Love and Troubles
1958 • as Marisa
★ 6.3
L'ebreo errante
L'ebreo errante
1948 • as Ester
★ 10.0
Buster's Bedroom
Buster's Bedroom
1991 • as Serafina Tannenbaum
★ 4.2
The Kiss
The Kiss
1974 • as Elizabeth Blixen
★ 3.5
Il passatore
Il passatore
1947 • as Barbara
★ 6.0
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969 • as Ornella
★ 5.7
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
★ 6.4
Crossroads of Passion
Crossroads of Passion
1948 • as Maria Pilar
★ 9.0
La passeggiata
La passeggiata
1953 • as Lisa
★ 8.0
The Glass Mountain
The Glass Mountain
1949 • as Alida Morrosini
★ 6.8
Jailbirds
Jailbirds
1954 • as Luprandi's wife
★ 5.5
Il matrimonio
★ 6.8
Il bravo di Venezia
Il bravo di Venezia
1941 • as Alina
★ 9.0
movie
Chi l'ha visto?
1945 • as Luisella
★ 7.0
movie
Le ragazze di Milano
2007 • as Self
Quarta pagina
Quarta pagina
1942 • as Valentina
★ 8.0
Un americano in vacanza
Un americano in vacanza
1946 • as Maria
★ 9.0
Il corriere del re
★ 10.0
No One Comes Back
No One Comes Back
1945 • as Valentina
★ 6.0
Il conte Aquila
Il conte Aquila
1955 • as Teresa Casati
★ 8.0
Lulù
Lulù
1953
Giorni felici
Giorni felici
1943 • as Marianna
★ 8.0
movie
Facciaffittasi
1988 • as Gina Grandi
★ 9.0
movie
Soltanto un bacio
1942 • as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
★ 10.0
movie
★ 7.0
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955 • as Adriana Lecouvreur
★ 9.0
movie
★ 8.0
Primo amore
Primo amore
1941 • as Nerina Redi
★ 9.0