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Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Day for Night
MOVIE

Day for Night

7.8(0.7K)
Day for Night
Séverine
Poster for The Boat on the Grass
MOVIE

The Boat on the Grass

5.1(0.0K)
The Boat on the Grass
Catherine
Poster for Ring of Darkness
MOVIE

Ring of Darkness

4.8(0.0K)
Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
Poster for Brother Sun, Sister Moon
MOVIE

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

7.0(0.1K)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
Poster for Thieves' Highway
MOVIE

Thieves' Highway

7.2(0.1K)
Thieves' Highway
Rica
Poster for The Assassination of Trotsky
MOVIE

The Assassination of Trotsky

5.2(0.1K)
The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
Poster for Les Misérables
MOVIE

Les Misérables

6.0(0.0K)
Les Misérables
Fantine
Poster for Barabbas
MOVIE

Barabbas

6.9(0.2K)
Barabbas
Julia
Poster for L'attore scomparso
MOVIE

L'attore scomparso

7.0(0.0K)
L'attore scomparso
Poster for The Girl Who Knew Too Much
MOVIE

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

6.9(0.2K)
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Laura Craven-Torrani

Gallery

Valentina Cortese portrait