Valentina Cortese
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
Herodias
1977
Lux Video Theatre
Emilie Gallatin
1950
Film
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988
Film
Appassionata
Elisa Rutelli
1974
Film
Barabbas
Julia
1961
Film
The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954
Film
Day for Night
Séverine
1973
Film
When Time Ran Out...
Rose Valdez
1980
Series
I promessi sposi
Donna Prassede
1989
Film
First Love
Mutter
1970
Film
Juliet of the Spirits
Valentina
1965
Film
Thieves' Highway
Rica
1949
Film
The Rocket from Calabuch
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
1956
Film
Black Magic
Zoraida
1949
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Bruni
1951
Film
The Love Mates
Eva
1970
Film
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Laura Craven-Torrani
1963
Film
The Visit
Mathilda Miller
1964
Film
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Gabriella (uncredited)
1970
Film
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
1972
Film
The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska
1951
Film
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
1968
Film
The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
1972
Film
Malaya
Luana
1949
Film
Young Toscanini
Comparsa (uncredited)
1988
Film
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Film
Give Her the Moon
Madeleine de Lépine
1970
Film
Le Amiche
Nene
1955
Film
Magic Fire
Mathilde Wesendonk
1955
Film
The Possessed
Irma
1965
Film
Sparrow
Madre Superiora
1994
Film
Buster's Bedroom
Serafina Tannenbaum
1991
Film
Rome: Free City
La ragazza
1946
Film
Kidnap Syndicate
Grazia Filippini
1975
Film
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Olghina Franchetti
1975
Il killer
1969
Film
Angels of Darkness
Vally
1954
Film
Widows' Nest
Dolores
1977
Film
Chronicle of a Homicide
Luisa Sola
1972
Film
Secret People
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
1952
Film
Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
1979
Film
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Madame Sobieski
1971
Film
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Ornella
1969
Series
I grandi camaleonti
Giuseppina Bonaparte
1964
Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
1988
Film
Story of San Michele
Eleonora Duse
1962
Film
Listen, Let's Make Love
Lallo's Mother
1968
Film
Via Montenapoleone
madre di Guido
1987
Film
The Big Operator
Witwe
1976
Film
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Sabina Foschini
1975
Film
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Caterina de Dominicis
1981
Film
Tender Dracula
1974
Film
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Fanny
1957
Film
The Kiss
Elizabeth Blixen
1974
Film
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self
2000
Film
The Jester's Supper
Lisabetta
1942
Film
Nick the Sting
Regina
1976
Film
Il matrimonio
1954
Film
Love and Troubles
Marisa
1958
Film
L'ebreo errante
Ester
1948
Film
Giorni felici
Marianna
1943
Film
Un americano in vacanza
Maria
1946
Film
Quarta pagina
Valentina
1942
Film
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Cosetta
1948
Film
Il passatore
Barbara
1947
Film
Girl of the Golden West
Madge
1942
Film
La passeggiata
Lisa
1953
Film
The Boat on the Grass
Catherine
1971
Film
Shadow of the Eagle
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
1950
Film
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
1978
Film
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
Film
Black Sun
Maria
1966
Film
Les Misérables
Fantine
1948
Le ragazze di Milano
Self
2007
Film
Jailbirds
Luprandi's wife
1954
Chi l'ha visto?
Luisella
1945
Film
Crossroads of Passion
Maria Pilar
1948
Film
Amore mio non farmi male
Sabina Foschini
1974
Film
Square of Violence
Erica Bernardi
1961
Film
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Self
1965
Film
Blue Tango
Rachele Cigno
1987
Film
Diva!
2017
Film
Il Conte Aquila
Teresa Casati
1955
Soltanto un bacio
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
1942
Film
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Self
1965
Film
The Glass Mountain
Alida Morrosini
1949
Film
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
No One Comes Back
Valentina
1945
La regina di Navarra
1942
Film
L'attore scomparso
1941
Film
Lulù
1953
Film
Primo amore
Nerina Redi
1941
4 girls dream
1943
Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
1988
Film
Il bravo di Venezia
Alina
1941
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Film
Il corriere del re
1947