Valentina Cortese
Acting
1923-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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.
movieDiva!
as · 2017 · 8.2
movieLe ragazze di Milano
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
movieMichelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage) · 2001 · 9.0
movieFederico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self · 2000 · 6.4
movieSparrow
as Madre Superiora · 1994 · 7.4
movieLa Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1993 · 7.6
movieBuster's Bedroom
as Serafina Tannenbaum · 1991 · 4.3
tvI promessi sposi
as Donna Prassede · 1989 · 7.1
movieThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet · 1988 · 7.0
movieFacciaffittasi
as Gina Grandi · 1988 · 9.0
tvFacciaffittasi
as Gina Grandi · 1988 · 0.0
movieVia Montenapoleone
as madre di Guido · 1987 · 3.8
movieBlue Tango
as Rachele Cigno · 1987 · 6.0
movieLa Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
as Caterina de Dominicis · 1981 · 10.0
movieWhen Time Ran Out...
as Rose Valdez · 1980 · 5.4
movieRing of Darkness
as Elena Merrill · 1979 · 4.8
movieTanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande · 1978 · 5.8
movieWidows' Nest
as Dolores · 1977 · 7.0
tvJesus of Nazareth
as Herodias · 1977 · 7.8
movieThe Big Operator
as Witwe · 1976 · 4.6
movieNick the Sting
as Regina · 1976 · 6.8
movieSon tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini · 1975 · 5.8
movieKidnap Syndicate
as Grazia Filippini · 1975 · 6.7
movieIl cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti · 1975 · 6.1