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Born · January 1, 1923
Died · July 10, 2019 (96 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valentina Cortese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
8.2
2017
Self
6.3
2000
Madre Superiora
7.7
1994
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.6
1993
Serafina Tannenbaum
3.5
1991
Donna Prassede · (5 episodes)
6.4
1989
Queen Ariadne / Violet
6.9
1988
Gina Grandi
0.0
1988
madre di Guido
3.8
1987
Rachele Cigno
2.0
1987
Rose Valdez
5.3
1980
Elena Merrill
5.1
1979
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
4.8
1978
Dolores
0.0
1977
Herodias · (4 episodes)
7.8
1977
Witwe
4.5
1976
Regina
6.7
1976
5.3
1975
Grazia Filippini
6.7
1975
Olghina Franchetti
6.0
1975
Elizabeth Blixen
2.0
1974
4.3
1974
4.7
1974
Elisa Rutelli
5.7
1974
Severine
7.8
1973
Natalia Trotsky
5.2
1972
Pica Di Bernardone
7.0
1972
Luisa Sola
5.6
1972
Madame Sobieski
5.4
1971
Catherine
4.7
1971
Eva
5.0
1970
Mutter
5.2
1970
Madeleine de Lépine
5.4
1970
Gabriella (uncredited)
6.8
1970
Ornella
5.2
1969
(3 episodes)
0.0
1969
Lallo's Mother
4.8
1968
Countess Bozo Bedoni
6.1
1968
Maria
4.0
1966
Valentina
7.3
1965
Self
6.2
1965
Irma
6.8
1965
Self
7.5
1965
Mathilda Miller
7.0
1964
Laura Craven-Torrani
7.0
1963
Eleonora Duse
4.0
1962
Julia
6.9
1961
Erica Bernardi
6.3
1961
Marisa
5.9
1958
Fanny
6.8
1957
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
7.4
1956
Nene
6.8
1955
Teresa Casati
0.0
1955
Adriana Lecouvreur
0.0
1955
Mathilde Wesendonk
4.8
1955
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
6.8
1954
Luprandi's wife
4.0
1954
6.5
1954
Vally
3.0
1954
0.0
1953
Lisa
0.0
1953
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
6.3
1952
Dr. Bruni · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Victoria Kowelska
6.3
1951
Emilie Gallatin · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
6.3
1950
Luana
6.5
1949
Rica
7.3
1949
Zoraida
6.3
1949
Alida Morrosini
6.0
1949
Maria Pilar
0.0
1948
Ester
0.0
1948
Cosetta
6.0
1948
Fantine
6.0
1948
0.0
1947
Barbara
4.7
1947
La ragazza
5.1
1946
Maria
0.0
1946
Luisella
0.0
1945
Valentina
5.0
1945
0.0
1943
Marianna
0.0
1943
Valentina
0.0
1942
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
0.0
1942
0.0
1942
Lisabetta
6.1
1942
Madge
6.0
1942
0.0
1942
Nerina Redi
0.0
1941
Alina
0.0
1941
0.0
1941