Acting · geboren 1923-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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.

Bekannt aus

• Die Abenteuer des Baron Münchhausen (1988) – Queen Ariadne / Violet
• Die amerikanische Nacht (1973) – Séverine
• Jesus von Nazareth (1977) – Herodias
• Julia und die Geister (1965) – Valentina
• Die barfüßige Gräfin (1954) – Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
• La Classe américaine (1993) – The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Das Mädchen, das zuviel wusste (1963) – Laura Craven-Torrani
• Barabbas (1961) – Julia
• Bruder Sonne, Schwester Mond (1972) – Pica Di Bernardone
• Gefahr in Frisco (1949) – Rica
• Die Freundinnen (1955) – Nene
• Der Tag, an dem die Welt unterging (1980) – Rose Valdez
• The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) – Victoria Kowelska
• Das Geheimnis von Santa Vittoria (1970) – Gabriella (uncredited)
• La donna del lago (1965) – Irma
• Appassionata - Erstes Verlangen (1974) – Elisa Rutelli
• Das Mädchen und der Mörder (1972) – Natalia Trotsky
• Calabuig (1956) – Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
• Die Bestie mit dem feurigen Atem (1971) – Madame Sobieski
• Der Besuch (1964) – Mathilda Miller
• Große Lüge Lylah Clare (1968) – Countess Bozo Bedoni
• Auge um Auge (1975) – Grazia Filippini
• Zeffirellis Spatz (1994) – Madre Superiora
• Graf Cagliostro (1949) – Zoraida
• Wenn Marie nur nicht so launisch wär (1970) – Madeleine de Lépine
• Der große Angeber (1976) – Witwe
• Die Verblendeten (1952) – Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
• Malaya (1949) – Luana
• La cena delle beffe (1942) – Lisabetta
• Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975) – Olghina Franchetti
• Via Montenapoleone (1987) – madre di Guido
• La Grande Trouille (1974)
• Mordanklage gegen einen Studenten (1972) – Luisa Sola
• Der Dreh mit dem Millionencoup (1976) – Regina
• Roma città libera (1946) – La ragazza
• Un ombra nell'ombra (1979) – Elena Merrill
• Madly (1970) – Eva
• Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000) – Self
• Der junge Toscanini (1988) – Comparsa (uncredited)
• Amore e guai... (1958) – Marisa