Valentina Cortese

Acting

Born Jan 01, 1923

From Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Died Jul 10, 2019

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.

Valentina Cortese

Known For

Appassionata

Barabbas

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

When Time Ran Out...

Thieves' Highway

Le Amiche

Juliet of the Spirits

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Day for Night

The Barefoot Contessa

Filmography — Acting

Appassionata

Barabbas

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

When Time Ran Out...

Thieves' Highway

Le Amiche

Juliet of the Spirits

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Day for Night

The Barefoot Contessa

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

La Classe américaine

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Malaya

The Legend of Lylah Clare

The House on Telegraph Hill

The Visit

Black Magic

Secret People

Sparrow

First Love

Ring of Darkness

Kidnap Syndicate

The Possessed

The Kiss

Give Her the Moon

The Assassination of Trotsky

Diva!

Black Sun

Nick the Sting

Listen, Let's Make Love

Buster's Bedroom

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Tender Dracula

Shadow of the Eagle

Les Misérables

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

L'ebreo errante

The Big Operator

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

The Boat on the Grass

Story of San Michele

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

The Glass Mountain

Primo amore

Angels of Darkness

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

The Jester's Supper

Magic Fire

Il matrimonio

Via Montenapoleone

Rome: Free City

The Rocket from Calabuch

Widows' Nest

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

The Love Mates

Chronicle of a Homicide

Amore mio non farmi male

Il passatore

Son tornate a fiorire le rose

Lulù

Blue Tango

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema

Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'

Square of Violence

La passeggiata