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.

Фільмографія

• 2017Diva!
• 1994Sparrow — Madre Superiora
• 1993La Classe américaine — The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1991Buster's Bedroom — Serafina Tannenbaum
• I promessi sposi — Donna Prassede
• 1988Facciaffittasi — Gina Grandi
• Facciaffittasi — Gina Grandi
• 1988Young Toscanini — Comparsa (uncredited)
• 1988Пригоди барона Мюнхгаузена — Queen Ariadne / Violet
• 1987Blue Tango — Rachele Cigno
• 1987Via Montenapoleone — madre di Guido
• 1981La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa — Caterina de Dominicis
• 1980When Time Ran Out... — Rose Valdez
• 1979Ring of Darkness — Elena Merrill
• 1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo... — Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
• Jesus of Nazareth — Herodias
• 1977Widows' Nest — Dolores
• 1976Nick the Sting — Regina
• 1976The Big Operator — Witwe
• 1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza — Olghina Franchetti
• 1975Kidnap Syndicate — Grazia Filippini
• 1975Son tornate a fiorire le rose — Sabina Foschini
• 1974Amore mio non farmi male — Sabina Foschini
• 1974Tender Dracula
• 1974The Kiss — Elizabeth Blixen
• 1974Аппассіоната — Elisa Rutelli
• 1973Американська ніч — Séverine
• 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon — Pica Di Bernardone
• 1972Chronicle of a Homicide — Luisa Sola
• 1972The Assassination of Trotsky — Natalia Trotsky
• 1971The Boat on the Grass — Catherine
• 1971The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire — Madame Sobieski
• 1970First Love — Mutter
• 1970Give Her the Moon — Madeleine de Lépine
• 1970The Love Mates — Eva
• 1970The Secret of Santa Vittoria — Gabriella (uncredited)
• Il killer
• 1969Oh, Grandmother's Dead — Ornella
• 1968Listen, Let's Make Love — Lallo's Mother
• 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare — Countess Bozo Bedoni
• 1966Black Sun — Maria
• 1965The Possessed — Irma
• 1965Джульєтта і духи — Valentina
• I grandi camaleonti — Giuseppina Bonaparte
• 1964The Visit — Mathilda Miller
• 1963The Girl Who Knew Too Much — Laura Craven-Torrani
• 1962Story of San Michele — Eleonora Duse
• 1961Barabbas — Julia
• 1961Square of Violence — Erica Bernardi
• 1958Love and Troubles — Marisa
• 1957Kean: Genius or Scoundrel — Fanny
• 1956The Rocket from Calabuch — Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
• 1955Adriana Lecouvreur — Adriana Lecouvreur
• 1955Il Conte Aquila — Teresa Casati
• 1955Le Amiche — Nene
• 1955Magic Fire — Mathilde Wesendonk
• 1954Angels of Darkness — Vally
• 1954Il matrimonio
• 1954Jailbirds — Luprandi's wife
• 1954The Barefoot Contessa — Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
• 1953La passeggiata — Lisa
• 1953Lulù
• 1952Secret People — Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Dr. Bruni
• 1951The House on Telegraph Hill — Victoria Kowelska
• Lux Video Theatre — Emilie Gallatin
• 1950Shadow of the Eagle — Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
• 1949Black Magic — Zoraida
• 1949Malaya — Luana
• 1949The Glass Mountain — Alida Morrosini
• 1949Thieves' Highway — Rica
• 1948Crossroads of Passion — Maria Pilar
• 1948L'ebreo errante — Ester
• 1948Les Misérables — Fantine
• 1948Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris — Cosetta
• 1947Il corriere del re
• 1947Il passatore — Barbara
• 1946Rome: Free City — La ragazza
• 1946Un americano in vacanza — Maria
• 1945Chi l'ha visto? — Luisella
• 1945No One Comes Back — Valentina
• 19434 girls dream
• 1943Giorni felici — Marianna
• 1942Girl of the Golden West — Madge
• 1942La regina di Navarra
• 1942Orizzonte di sangue
• 1942Quarta pagina — Valentina
• 1942Soltanto un bacio — Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
• 1942The Jester's Supper — Lisabetta
• 1941Il bravo di Venezia — Alina
• 1941L'attore scomparso
• 1941Primo amore — Nerina Redi

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (5)

• 2007Le ragazze di Milano — Self
• 2001Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Federico Fellini's Autobiography — Self
• 1965Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials — Self
• 1965Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini' — Self