Valentina Cortese

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1923-01-01 – 2019-07-10 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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.

• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) — Queen Ariadne / Violet
• La Nuit américaine (1973) — Séverine
• Giulietta degli spiriti (1965) — Valentina
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954) — Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
• La ragazza che sapeva troppo (1963) — Laura Craven-Torrani
• Barabbas (1961) — Julia
• Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972) — Pica Di Bernardone
• Thieves' Highway (1949) — Rica
• Le amiche (1955) — Nene
• When Time Ran Out... (1980) — Rose Valdez
• The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) — Victoria Kowelska
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — Gabriella (uncredited)
• La donna del lago (1965) — Irma
• L'Assassinat de Trotsky (1972) — Natalia Trotsky
• Appassionata (1974) — Elisa Rutelli
• Calabuch (1956) — Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
• The Visit (1964) — Mathilda Miller
• L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (1971) — Madame Sobieski
• The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) — Countess Bozo Bedoni
• La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975) — Grazia Filippini
• Storia di una capinera (1994) — Madre Superiora
• Black Magic (1949) — Zoraida
• Les Caprices de Marie (1970) — Madeleine de Lépine
• Le Grand Escogriffe (1976) — Witwe