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 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.

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