Valentina Cortese
Born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy — Jan 01 1923• Died Jul 10 2019
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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…
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Lux Video Theatre
Emilie Gallatin
Jesus of Nazareth
Herodias
Appassionata
Elisa Rutelli
Barabbas
Julia
I promessi sposi
Donna Prassede
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Bruni
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
4 girls dream
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Day for Night
Séverine
Black Magic
Zoraida
Secret People
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
When Time Ran Out...
Rose Valdez
Malaya
Luana
Thieves' Highway
Rica
The Visit
Mathilda Miller
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
First Love
Mutter
The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Gabriella (uncredited)
The Rocket from Calabuch
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
Juliet of the Spirits
Valentina
Nick the Sting
Regina
The Kiss
Elizabeth Blixen
Il killer
Magic Fire
Mathilde Wesendonk
Angels of Darkness
Vally
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Olghina Franchetti
The Love Mates
Eva
Kidnap Syndicate
Grazia Filippini
The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska
Widows' Nest
Dolores
Sparrow
Madre Superiora
Le Amiche
Nene
Give Her the Moon
Madeleine de Lépine
Lulù
Il matrimonio
Quarta pagina
Valentina
Les Misérables
Fantine
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
Diva!
Rome: Free City
La ragazza
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Ornella
Tender Dracula
The Possessed
Irma
The Big Operator
Witwe
The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Laura Craven-Torrani
Square of Violence
Erica Bernardi
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Fanny
Story of San Michele
Eleonora Duse
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Cosetta
Shadow of the Eagle
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Listen, Let's Make Love
Lallo's Mother
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Madame Sobieski
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self
La passeggiata
Lisa
Black Sun
Maria
Via Montenapoleone
madre di Guido
Buster's Bedroom
Serafina Tannenbaum
The Boat on the Grass
Catherine
L'attore scomparso
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Jailbirds
Luprandi's wife
The Glass Mountain
Alida Morrosini
Girl of the Golden West
Madge
L'ebreo errante
Ester
Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Self
Un americano in vacanza
Maria
Love and Troubles
Marisa
Il passatore
Barbara
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Sabina Foschini
Amore mio non farmi male
Sabina Foschini
Chronicle of a Homicide
Luisa Sola
Crossroads of Passion
Maria Pilar
Le ragazze di Milano
Self
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Self
Soltanto un bacio
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Il corriere del re
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
Chi l'ha visto?
Luisella
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Caterina de Dominicis
The Jester's Supper
Lisabetta
No One Comes Back
Valentina
Blue Tango
Rachele Cigno
Primo amore
Nerina Redi
Giorni felici
Marianna
Il Conte Aquila
Teresa Casati
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Orizzonte di sangue
La regina di Navarra
Il bravo di Venezia
Alina