
Valentina Cortese
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1923
Died: July 10, 2019
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…
Known for

Secret People
1952

Un americano in vacanza
1946

Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
Soltanto un bacio
1942

Diva!
2017

Rome: Free City
1946

Lulù
1953

La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981

Day for Night
1973

Ring of Darkness
1979

Thieves' Highway
1949

Les Misérables
1948

The House on Telegraph Hill
1951

The Rocket from Calabuch
1956

Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978

Amore mio non farmi male
1974

Il passatore
1947

La passeggiata
1953

Square of Violence
1961

Quarta pagina
1942

L'ebreo errante
1948

No One Comes Back
1945

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
Facciaffittasi
1988

Widows' Nest
1977

Angels of Darkness
1954
4 girls dream
1943

Shadow of the Eagle
1950

Primo amore
1941

Il Conte Aquila
1955

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963

Malaya
1949

Black Sun
1966

Buster's Bedroom
1991
Orizzonte di sangue
1942

Chronicle of a Homicide
1972

The Glass Mountain
1949

Love and Troubles
1958

Crossroads of Passion
1948

Give Her the Moon
1970

Il corriere del re
1947
Chi l'ha visto?
1945

The Possessed
1965

Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
Le ragazze di Milano
2007

The Boat on the Grass
1971

The Assassination of Trotsky
1972

Le Amiche
1955

Juliet of the Spirits
1965

Appassionata
1974

The Love Mates
1970

Magic Fire
1955

First Love
1970

Story of San Michele
1962

Girl of the Golden West
1942

The Jester's Supper
1942

The Kiss
1974

Giorni felici
1943

Il bravo di Venezia
1941

Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001

The Barefoot Contessa
1954
Jailbirds
1954

Black Magic
1949
La regina di Navarra
1942

Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972

Sparrow
1994

Blue Tango
1987

Il matrimonio
1954

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965

The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968

Kidnap Syndicate
1975

The Big Operator
1976

Via Montenapoleone
1987

Barabbas
1961

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975

When Time Ran Out...
1980

Listen, Let's Make Love
1968

Tender Dracula
1974

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971

Nick the Sting
1976

The Visit
1964

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957

L'attore scomparso
1941

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970

La Classe américaine
1993
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Jesus of Nazareth
1977

I promessi sposi
1989
Il killer
1969
Facciaffittasi
1988

I grandi camaleonti
1964