Valentina Cortese
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.
95 acting credits
Acting · 95
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Appassionata
1974
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
I promessi sposi
1989
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Barabbas
1961
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
Day for Night
1973
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
The Visit
1964
Thieves' Highway
1949
Le Amiche
1955
La Classe américaine
1993
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
Black Magic
1949
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
Malaya
1949
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
When Time Ran Out...
1980
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
Via Montenapoleone
1987
Secret People
1952
The Boat on the Grass
1971
Ring of Darkness
1979
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975
The Kiss
1974
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
La passeggiata
1953
Angels of Darkness
1954
Sparrow
1994
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
Il killer
1969
The Possessed
1965
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
Give Her the Moon
1970
Blue Tango
1987
Magic Fire
1955
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
Nick the Sting
1976
Il matrimonio
1954
The Big Operator
1976
Square of Violence
1961
Story of San Michele
1962
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
First Love
1970
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
Black Sun
1966
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
Lulù
1953
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
Tender Dracula
1974
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
Quarta pagina
1942
Widows' Nest
1977
The Love Mates
1970
Rome: Free City
1946
Les Misérables
1948
Diva!
2017
The Glass Mountain
1949
Love and Troubles
1958
Buster's Bedroom
1991
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
Il Conte Aquila
1955
Il passatore
1947
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
The Jester's Supper
1942
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
Crossroads of Passion
1948
L'ebreo errante
1948
Un americano in vacanza
1946
Facciaffittasi
1988
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
L'attore scomparso
1941
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001
Soltanto un bacio
1942
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
La regina di Navarra
1942
Primo amore
1941
Jailbirds
1954
No One Comes Back
1945
Facciaffittasi
1988
Girl of the Golden West
1942
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
Giorni felici
1943
Il corriere del re
1947
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
4 girls dream
1943
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981