Person Details
Birthday: 1923-01-01 12:46:18
Death: 2019-07-10 12:46:18
Aliases: Valentina Cortesa
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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 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.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Emilie GallatinAppassionata
(1974) Elisa RutelliBarabbas
(1961) JuliaJesus of Nazareth
(1977) HerodiasThe Barefoot Contessa
(1954) Eleanora Torlato-FavriniThieves' Highway
(1949) RicaBrother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972) Pica Di BernardoneThe Visit
(1964) Mathilda MillerActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | N/A | |
2012 | Camila | |
2009 | Paula | |
2000 | Self | |
1994 | Madre Superiora | |
1993 | The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1991 | Serafina Tannenbaum | |
1989 | Donna Prassede | |
1988 | Queen Ariadne / Violet | |
Gina Grandi | ||
1987 | madre di Guido | |
Rachele Cigno | ||
1980 | Rose Valdez | |
1979 | Elena Merrill | |
1978 | Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande | |
1977 | Dolores | |
Herodias | ||
1976 | Witwe | |
Regina | ||
1975 | N/A | |
Grazia Filippini | ||
Olghina Franchetti | ||
1974 | Elizabeth Blixen | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Elisa Rutelli | ||
1973 | Severine | |
1972 | Natalia Trotsky | |
Pica Di Bernardone | ||
Luisa Sola | ||
1971 | Madame Sobieski | |
Catherine | ||
1970 | Eva | |
Mutter | ||
Madeleine de Lépine | ||
1969 | Ornella | |
N/A | ||
Gabriella (uncredited) | ||
1968 | Lallo's Mother | |
Countess Bozo Bedoni | ||
1966 | Maria | |
1965 | Valentina | |
Self | ||
Irma | ||
1964 | Mathilda Miller | |
1963 | Laura Craven-Torrani | |
1962 | Eleonora Duse | |
1961 | Julia | |
Erica Bernardi | ||
1958 | Marisa | |
1957 | Fanny | |
1956 | Eloisa, the Schoolmistress | |
1955 | Nene | |
Teresa Casati | ||
Adriana Lecouvreur | ||
Mathilde Wesendonk | ||
1954 | Eleanora Torlato-Favrini | |
Luprandi's wife | ||
N/A | ||
Vally | ||
1953 | N/A | |
Lisa | ||
1952 | Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins | |
1951 | Dr. Bruni | |
Victoria Kowelska | ||
1950 | Emilie Gallatin | |
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova | ||
1949 | Luana | |
Rica | ||
Zoraida | ||
Alida Morrosini | ||
1948 | Maria Pilar | |
Ester | ||
Cosetta | ||
Fantine | ||
1947 | N/A | |
Barbara | ||
1946 | La ragazza | |
Maria | ||
1945 | Luisella | |
Valentina | ||
1943 | N/A | |
Marianna | ||
1942 | Valentina | |
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda | ||
N/A | ||
Lisabetta | ||
Madge | ||
N/A | ||
1941 | Nerina Redi | |
Alina | ||
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Camera
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2008 | Assistant Camera | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |