Valentina Cortese

Attore

1 gennaio 1923 — 10 luglio 2019 (96 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Gesù di Nazareth
    Gesù di Nazareth4 episodi
  • La maschera del demonio
    La maschera del demonio1960
  • La ragazza che sapeva troppo
    La ragazza che sapeva troppo1963
  • Ho paura di lui
    Ho paura di lui1951
  • Cagliostro
    Cagliostro1949
  • Appassionata
    Appassionata1974
  • La montagna di cristallo
    La montagna di cristallo1949

Famoso per

  • Effetto notte
    Effetto notte1973
  • Giulietta degli spiriti
    Giulietta degli spiriti1965
  • I corsari della strada
    I corsari della strada1949
  • La contessa scalza
    La contessa scalza1954
  • Ho paura di lui
    Ho paura di lui1951
  • La ragazza che sapeva troppo
    La ragazza che sapeva troppo1963
  • Gesù di Nazareth
    Gesù di Nazareth7 episodi
  • Barabba
    Barabba1961
  • Le amiche
    Le amiche1955
  • Fratello sole, sorella luna
    Fratello sole, sorella luna1972
  • Secret People
    Secret People1952
  • Calabuig
    Calabuig1956
  • L'assassinio di Trotsky
    L'assassinio di Trotsky1972
  • Malesia
    Malesia1949
  • Ormai non c'è più scampo
    Ormai non c'è più scampo1980
  • Cagliostro
    Cagliostro1949
  • Appassionata
    Appassionata1974
  • Quando muore una stella
    Quando muore una stella1968
  • Un ombra nell'ombra
    Un ombra nell'ombra1979
  • Roma città libera
    Roma città libera1946

Filmografia

2017
1993
La classe américaine · as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1993
Sparrow · as Madre Superiora
1991
Buster's Bedroom · as Serafina Tannenbaum
1989
I promessi sposi · as Donna Prassede
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · as Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988
Young Toscanini · as Comparsa
1987
Blue Tango · as Rachele Cigno
1987
Via Montenapoleone · as Madre Di Guido
1980
When Time Ran Out... · as Rose Valdez
1979
Ring of Darkness · as Elena Merrill
1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... · as Wilma/leonilde Bosco Casagrande
1977
Nido de viudas · as Dolores
1977
Jesus of Nazareth · as HerodiasSu Plex
1976
The Big Operator · as Witwe
1976
Nick the Sting · as Regina
1975
Son tornate a fiorire le rose · as Sabina Foschini
1975
Kidnap Syndicate · as Grazia Filippini
1975
Dracula in the Provinces · as Olghina Franchetti
1974
Amore mio non farmi male · as Sabina Foschini
1974
The Kiss of Death · as Elizabeth Blixen
1974
1974
Appassionata · as Elisa RutelliSu Plex
1973
Day for Night · as Séverine
1972
The Assassination of Trotsky · as Natalia Trotsky
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon · as Pica Di Bernardone
1972
Chronicle of a Homicide · as Luisa Sola
1971
1971
The Boat on the Grass · as Catherine
1970
The Love Mates · as Eva
1970
First Love · as Mutter
1970
Give Her the Moon · as Madeleine De Lépine
1969
1969
The Secret of Santa Vittoria · as Gabriella (uncredited)
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Countess Bozo Bedoni
1968
Listen, Let's Make Love · as Lallo's Mother
1966
Soleil noir · as Maria
1965
Juliet of the Spirits · as Valentina
1965
The Possessed · as Irma
1964
I grandi camaleonti · as Giuseppina
1964
The Visit · as Mathilda Miller
1963
The Girl Who Knew Too Much · as Laura Craven-TorraniSu Plex
1962
Story of San Michele · as Eleonora Duse
1961
Barabbas · as Julia
1961
Square of Violence · as Erica Bernardi
1960
Black Sunday · as Tavern GirlSu Plex
1958
Love and Troubles · as Marisa
1958
1957
1956
The Rocket from Calabuch · as Eloísa, La Maestra De Escuela
1956
Magic Fire · as Mathilde Wesendonk
1955
Le Amiche · as Nene
1954
The Barefoot Contessa · as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954
Jailbirds · as Luprandi's Wife
1954
1954
Angels of Darkness · as Vally
1953
1953
1952
Secret People · as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
1951
1951
The House on Telegraph Hill · as Victoria KowelskaSu Plex
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Emilie Gallatin
1950
Shadow of the Eagle · as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
1950
Women Without Names · as Anna Petrovic - La Jugoslava
1949
Malaya · as Luana
1949
Thieves' Highway · as Rica
1949
Black Magic · as ZoraidaSu Plex
1949
The Glass Mountain · as Alida MorrosiniSu Plex
1948
Crossroads of Passion · as Maria Pilar
1948
L'ebreo errante · as Ester
1948
Tempesta su Parigi · as Cosetta
1948
Les Misérables · as Fantine
1947
Bullet for Stefano · as Barbara
1946
Roma città libera · as La Ragazza
1946
1945
1942
La cena delle beffe · as Lisabetta
1942