Cast & creator
Valentina Cortese
Best known for Lux Video Theatre, Jesus of Nazareth, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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.
Also known as: Valentina Cortesa
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television credits
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1941–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (97)
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Lux Video Theatre
Emilie Gallatin
1950
Jesus of Nazareth
Herodias
1977
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988
I promessi sposi
Donna Prassede
1989
Day for Night
Séverine
1973
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Bruni
1951
Appassionata
Elisa Rutelli
1974
The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954
Barabbas
Julia
1961
The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
1972
When Time Ran Out...
Rose Valdez
1980
Black Magic
Zoraida
1949
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Gabriella (uncredited)
1970
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
1968
The Visit
Mathilda Miller
1964
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Laura Craven-Torrani
1963
Give Her the Moon
Madeleine de Lépine
1970Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
1988
Juliet of the Spirits
Valentina
1965
The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska
1951
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Malaya
Luana
1949
First Love
Mutter
1970
Thieves' Highway
Rica
1949
Sparrow
Madre Superiora
1994
Kidnap Syndicate
Grazia Filippini
1975
Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
1979
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Madame Sobieski
1971
The Love Mates
Eva
1970
The Possessed
Irma
1965
I grandi camaleonti
Giuseppina Bonaparte
1964
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Fanny
1957
The Rocket from Calabuch
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
1956
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Olghina Franchetti
1975Il killer
1969
Listen, Let's Make Love
Lallo's Mother
1968
Story of San Michele
Eleonora Duse
1962
Angels of Darkness
Vally
1954
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self
2000
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
1978
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Cosetta
1948
Les Misérables
Fantine
1948
Shadow of the Eagle
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
1950
Magic Fire
Mathilde Wesendonk
1955
Nick the Sting
Regina
1976Le ragazze di Milano
Self
2007
Chronicle of a Homicide
Luisa Sola
1972
Secret People
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
1952
The Boat on the Grass
Catherine
1971
The Jester's Supper
Lisabetta
1942
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Ornella
1969
Le Amiche
Nene
1955
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Caterina de Dominicis
1981
Amore mio non farmi male
Sabina Foschini
1974
Un americano in vacanza
Maria
1946
Crossroads of Passion
Maria Pilar
1948Chi l'ha visto?
Luisella
1945
Young Toscanini
Comparsa (uncredited)
1988
Buster's Bedroom
Serafina Tannenbaum
1991
Girl of the Golden West
Madge
1942
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
Self
1965
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Sabina Foschini
1975
Il corriere del re
1947
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Self
1965La regina di Navarra
1942
Via Montenapoleone
madre di Guido
1987
Il bravo di Venezia
Alina
1941
Rome: Free City
La ragazza
1946
Black Sun
Maria
1966
Love and Troubles
Marisa
1958
The Big Operator
Witwe
1976
Tender Dracula
1974
Il matrimonio
1954
The Glass Mountain
Alida Morrosini
1949
Widows' Nest
Dolores
1977
L'ebreo errante
Ester
1948
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2001
Lulù
1953
La passeggiata
Lisa
1953
Jailbirds
Luprandi's wife
1954
The Kiss
Elizabeth Blixen
1974
Il passatore
Barbara
1947
Blue Tango
Rachele Cigno
1987Soltanto un bacio
Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
1942
Diva!
2017
Primo amore
Nerina Redi
1941
Quarta pagina
Valentina
1942
No One Comes Back
Valentina
1945
L'attore scomparso
1941Facciaffittasi
Gina Grandi
1988
Giorni felici
Marianna
1943
Square of Violence
Erica Bernardi
19614 girls dream
1943
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955Orizzonte di sangue
1942
Il Conte Aquila
Teresa Casati
1955