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Valentina Cortese
Actor
Died July 10, 2019 (96 years)
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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 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.
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Filmography
| 2017 | Diva! · as Unknown |
| 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 (1989) (TV Series) · as Donna Prassede |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · as Queen Ariadne / Violet |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini · as Comparsa |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... · as Rose Valdez |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) · as Herodias |
| 1976 | The Big Operator · as Witwe |
| 1976 | Nick the Sting · as Regina |
| 1975 | Kidnap Syndicate · as Grazia Filippini |
| 1974 | Appassionata · as Elisa Rutelli |
| 1973 | Day for Night · as Severine |
| 1972 | Mordet på Trotskij · as Natalia Trotsky |
| 1972 | Chronicle of a Homicide · as Luisa Sola |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon · as Pica Di Bernardone |
| 1971 | The Boat on the Grass · as Catherine |
| 1971 | The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire · as Madame Sobieski |
| 1970 | First Love · as Mutter |
| 1970 | Give Her the Moon · as Madeleine de Lépine |
| 1969 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria · as Gabriella |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Countess Bozo Bedoni |
| 1968 | Listen, Let's Make Love · as Lallo's Mother |
| 1965 | The Possessed · as Irma |
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits · as Valentina |
| 1964 | The Visit · as Mathilda Miller |
| 1963 | The Evil Eye · as Laura Craven-Torrani |
| 1961 | Barabbas · as Julia |
| 1961 | Square of Violence · as Erica Bernardi |
| 1958 | Love and Troubles · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Love at First Sight · as actor |
| 1957 | Kean: Genius or Scoundrel · as Fanny |
| 1956 | The Rocket from Calabuch · as Eloisa, the Schoolmistress |
| 1955 | Le Amiche · as Nene |
| 1954 | The Barefoot Contessa · as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini |
| 1954 | Jailbirds · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Angels of Darkness · as Vally |
| 1954 | Marriage · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Secret People · as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins |
| 1951 | The House on Telegraph Hill · as Victoria Kowelska |
| 1950 | Women Without Names · as Anna Petrovic the Jugoslav |
| 1950 | Shadow of the Eagle · as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Emilie Gallatin |
| 1949 | Thieves' Highway · as Rica |
| 1949 | Malaya · as Luana |
| 1949 | Black Magic · as Zoraida |
| 1949 | The Glass Mountain · as Alida Morrosini |
| 1948 | L'ebreo errante · as Ester |
| 1948 | Crossroads of Passion · as Maria Pilar |
| 1948 | Les Misérables · as Fantine |
| 1947 | Bullet for Stefano · as Barbara |
| 1946 | Un americano in vacanza · as Maria |
| 1945 | Responsibility Comes Back · as Valentina |
| 1942 | Giorni felici · as Marianna |
| 1942 | Girl of the Golden West · as Madge |
| 1941 | The Hero of Venice · as Alina |