Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Acting

Birthday

1923/01/01

Day of death

2019/07/10 (96 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Also know as

Valentina Cortesa

Biography

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 Nigh...Read more

Acting
La Nuit américaine
7.8

(1973) Day for Night

as Severine

Le Bateau sur l'herbe
4.7

(1971) The Boat on the Grass

as Catherine

Un ombra nell'ombra
5.1

(1979) Ring of Darkness

as Elena Merrill

Fratello sole, sorella luna
7.0

(1972) Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Pica Di Bernardone

Thieves' Highway
7.3

(1949) Thieves' Highway

as Rica

The Assassination of Trotsky
5.2

(1972) The Assassination of Trotsky

as Natalia Trotsky

I miserabili: Caccia all'uomo
6.0

(1948) Les Misérables

as Fantine

Barabbas
6.9

(1961) Barabbas

as Julia

L'attore scomparso
0.0

(1941) L'attore scomparso

as ---

La ragazza che sapeva troppo
7.0

(1963) The Girl Who Knew Too Much

as Laura Craven-Torrani

The Barefoot Contessa
6.8

(1954) The Barefoot Contessa

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

The House on Telegraph Hill
6.3

(1951) The House on Telegraph Hill

as Victoria Kowelska

Avanzi di galera
4.0

(1954) Jailbirds

as Luprandi's wife

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
6.9

(1988) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Queen Ariadne / Violet

Malaya
6.5

(1949) Malaya

as Luana

Storia di una capinera
7.7

(1994) Sparrow

as Madre Superiora

When Time Ran Out...
5.3

(1980) When Time Ran Out...

as Rose Valdez

Le amiche
6.8

(1955) Le Amiche

as Nene

Giulietta degli spiriti
7.3

(1965) Juliet of the Spirits

as Valentina

Appassionata
5.7

(1974) Appassionata

as Elisa Rutelli

Black Magic
6.3

(1949) Black Magic

as Zoraida

The Legend of Lylah Clare
6.1

(1968) The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Countess Bozo Bedoni

Madly
5.0

(1970) The Love Mates

as Eva

Calabuch
7.4

(1956) The Rocket from Calabuch

as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela

Soleil noir
4.0

(1966) Black Sun

as Maria

Secret People
6.3

(1952) Secret People

as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins

Tango blu
2.0

(1987) Blue Tango

as Rachele Cigno

Magic Fire
4.8

(1955) Magic Fire

as Mathilde Wesendonk

Il matrimonio
6.5

(1954) Il matrimonio

as ---

Son tornate a fiorire le rose
5.3

(1975) Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as ---

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
4.8

(1978) Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande

Amore mio non farmi male
4.7

(1974) Amore mio non farmi male

as ---

Erste Liebe
5.2

(1970) First Love

as Mutter

Il passatore
4.7

(1947) Il passatore

as Barbara

Un americano in vacanza
0.0

(1946) Un americano in vacanza

as Maria

Buster's Bedroom
3.5

(1991) Buster's Bedroom

as Serafina Tannenbaum

La passeggiata
0.0

(1953) La passeggiata

as Lisa

Square of Violence
6.3

(1961) Square of Violence

as Erica Bernardi

The Visit
7.0

(1964) The Visit

as Mathilda Miller

Quarta pagina
0.0

(1942) Quarta pagina

as Valentina

Axel Munthe - Der Arzt von San Michele
4.0

(1962) Story of San Michele

as Eleonora Duse

0.0

(1942) La regina di Navarra

as ---

Una signora dell'ovest
6.0

(1942) Girl of the Golden West

as Madge

0.0

(1942) Orizzonte di sangue

as ---

Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente
5.6

(1972) Chronicle of a Homicide

as Luisa Sola

Scusi, facciamo l'amore?
4.8

(1968) Listen, Let's Make Love

as Lallo's Mother

La cena delle beffe
6.1

(1942) The Jester's Supper

as Lisabetta

Il bacio
2.0

(1974) The Kiss of Death

as Elizabeth Blixen

The Glass Mountain
6.0

(1949) The Glass Mountain

as Alida Morrosini

Adriana Lecouvreur
0.0

(1955) Adriana Lecouvreur

as Adriana Lecouvreur

L'ebreo errante
0.0

(1948) L'ebreo errante

as Ester

Nessuno torna indietro
5.0

(1945) No One Comes Back

as Valentina

Giorni felici
0.0

(1943) Giorni felici

as Marianna

Amore e guai...
5.9

(1958) Love and Troubles

as Marisa

I miserabili: Tempesta su Parigi
6.0

(1948) Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

as Cosetta

Gli uomini sono nemici
0.0

(1948) Crossroads of Passion

as Maria Pilar

Les Caprices de Marie
5.4

(1970) Give Her the Moon

as Madeleine de Lépine

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
6.8

(1970) The Secret of Santa Vittoria

as Gabriella (uncredited)

0.0

(1988) Facciaffittasi

as Gina Grandi

Nido de viudas
0.0

(1977) Widows' Nest

as Dolores

Donne proibite
3.0

(1954) Angels of Darkness

as Vally

Il bravo di Venezia
0.0

(1941) Il bravo di Venezia

as Alina

La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori
6.7

(1975) Kidnap Syndicate

as Grazia Filippini

Le Grand Escogriffe
4.5

(1976) The Big Operator

as Witwe

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
6.0

(1975) Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

as Olghina Franchetti

0.0

(1943) 4 girls dream

as ---

Toh, è morta la nonna!
5.2

(1969) Oh, Grandmother's Dead

as Ornella

Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato
6.3

(2000) Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self

0.0

(1942) Soltanto un bacio

as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda

Via Montenapoleone
3.8

(1987) Via Montenapoleone

as madre di Guido

Diva!
8.2

(2017) Diva!

as ---

La Grande Trouille
4.3

(1974) Tender Dracula

as ---

Il corriere del re
0.0

(1947) Il corriere del re

as ---

Shadow of the Eagle
6.3

(1950) Shadow of the Eagle

as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova

Michelangelo Antonioni storia di un autore
6.2

(1965) Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

as Self

Primo amore
0.0

(1941) Primo amore

as Nerina Redi

Roma città libera
5.1

(1946) Rome: Free City

as La ragazza

Il Conte Aquila
0.0

(1955) Il Conte Aquila

as Teresa Casati

Gli amici di Nick Hezard
6.7

(1976) Nick the Sting

as Regina

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
6.8

(1957) Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

as Fanny

0.0

(1945) Chi l'ha visto?

as Luisella

La Classe américaine
7.6

(1993) La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

La donna del lago
6.8

(1965) The Possessed

as Irma

L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco
5.4

(1971) The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

as Madame Sobieski

Lulù
0.0

(1953) Lulù

as ---

Zoom su Federico Fellini
7.5

(1965) Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'

as Self

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Emilie Gallatin

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Dr. Bruni

Jesus of Nazareth
7.8

(1977) Jesus of Nazareth

as Herodias

I promessi sposi
6.4

(1989) I promessi sposi

as Donna Prassede

0.0

(1969) Il killer

as ---