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