Valentina Cortese
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-01-01
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Valentina Cortese
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.
Also Known For
Day for Night
May 24, 1973
The Boat on the Grass
Apr 16, 1971
Ring of Darkness
Oct 29, 1979
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Mar 03, 1972
Thieves' Highway
Sep 20, 1949
The Assassination of Trotsky
Mar 30, 1972
Les Misérables
Jan 10, 1948
Barabbas
Dec 23, 1961
L'attore scomparso
Jun 02, 1941
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Feb 10, 1963
The Barefoot Contessa
Sep 29, 1954
The House on Telegraph Hill
May 12, 1951
Jailbirds
Sep 18, 1954
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Dec 07, 1988
Malaya
Dec 27, 1949
Sparrow
Feb 04, 1994
When Time Ran Out...
Mar 28, 1980
Le Amiche
Nov 18, 1955
Juliet of the Spirits
Oct 22, 1965
Appassionata
May 22, 1974
Black Magic
Aug 19, 1949
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Aug 21, 1968
The Love Mates
Dec 18, 1970
The Rocket from Calabuch
Sep 28, 1956
Black Sun
Dec 10, 1966
Secret People
Feb 05, 1952
Blue Tango
Feb 02, 1987
Magic Fire
Jun 30, 1955
Il matrimonio
Feb 25, 1954
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Oct 17, 1975
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
May 23, 1978
Amore mio non farmi male
Jul 13, 1974
First Love
Oct 07, 1970
Il passatore
Oct 22, 1947
Un americano in vacanza
Sep 07, 1946
Buster's Bedroom
May 09, 1991
La passeggiata
Jan 27, 1953
Square of Violence
Jan 01, 1961
The Visit
May 06, 1964
Quarta pagina
Dec 17, 1942
Story of San Michele
Sep 28, 1962
La regina di Navarra
Mar 30, 1942
Girl of the Golden West
Feb 09, 1942
Orizzonte di sangue
Jan 02, 1942
Chronicle of a Homicide
Feb 04, 1972
Listen, Let's Make Love
Sep 13, 1968
The Jester's Supper
Feb 10, 1942
The Kiss
Aug 22, 1974
The Glass Mountain
Mar 09, 1949
Adriana Lecouvreur
Aug 11, 1955
L'ebreo errante
Jan 24, 1948
No One Comes Back
Jan 05, 1945
Giorni felici
Jan 01, 1943
Love and Troubles
Dec 19, 1958
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Jan 21, 1948
Crossroads of Passion
Aug 04, 1948
Give Her the Moon
Feb 25, 1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Jan 02, 1970
Facciaffittasi
May 01, 1988
Widows' Nest
Dec 01, 1977
Angels of Darkness
Jan 27, 1954
Il bravo di Venezia
Sep 17, 1941
Kidnap Syndicate
Aug 27, 1975
The Big Operator
Nov 27, 1976
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Aug 21, 1975
4 girls dream
Aug 05, 1943
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Oct 09, 1969
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Sep 05, 2000
Soltanto un bacio
May 14, 1942
Via Montenapoleone
Mar 13, 1987
Diva!
Sep 01, 2017
Tender Dracula
Aug 07, 1974
Il corriere del re
Dec 04, 1947
Shadow of the Eagle
Sep 11, 1950
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Sep 12, 1965
Primo amore
Oct 05, 1941
Rome: Free City
Dec 17, 1946
Il Conte Aquila
Sep 07, 1955
Nick the Sting
Sep 14, 1976
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Mar 04, 1957
Chi l'ha visto?
Sep 01, 1945
La Classe américaine
Dec 31, 1993
The Possessed
Jul 24, 1965
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Aug 24, 1971
Lulù
Jun 10, 1953
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Jan 01, 1965
Le ragazze di Milano
Sep 14, 2007
Lux Video Theatre
Oct 02, 1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Oct 05, 1951
Jesus of Nazareth
Mar 27, 1977
I promessi sposi
Nov 12, 1989