
Geboren 1. Jan. 1923 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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.

Diva!
2017

Zeffirellis Spatz
1994

La Classe américaine
1993

Buster's Bedroom
1991

Die Verlobten
1989

Die Abenteuer des Baron Münchhausen
1988

Der junge Toscanini
1988

Via Montenapoleone
1987

Blue Tango
1987

La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981

Der Tag, an dem die Welt unterging
1980

Un ombra nell'ombra
1979

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978

Jesus von Nazareth
1977

Nido de viudas
1977

Der große Angeber
1976

Der Dreh mit dem Millionencoup
1976

Auge um Auge
1975

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

Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975

Appassionata - Erstes Verlangen
1974

La Grande Trouille
1974

Il bacio
1974

Amore mio non farmi male
1974

Die amerikanische Nacht
1973

Bruder Sonne, Schwester Mond
1972

Das Mädchen und der Mörder
1972

Mordanklage gegen einen Studenten
1972

Die Bestie mit dem feurigen Atem
1971

Le Bateau sur l'herbe
1971

Das Geheimnis von Santa Vittoria
1970

Erste Liebe
1970

Madly
1970

Wenn Marie nur nicht so launisch wär
1970

Toh, è morta la nonna!
1969

Große Lüge Lylah Clare
1968

Scusi, facciamo l'amore?
1968

Heiße Nächte
1966

Julia und die Geister
1965

La donna del lago
1965

Der Besuch
1964

I grandi camaleonti
1964

Das Mädchen, das zuviel wusste
1963

Axel Munthe - Der Arzt von San Michele
1962

Barabbas
1961

Square of Violence
1961

Amore e guai...
1958

Genie und Wahnsinn
1957

Calabuig
1956

Die Freundinnen
1955

Adriana Lecouvreur
1955

Frauen um Richard Wagner
1955

Il Conte Aquila
1955

Die barfüßige Gräfin
1954

Donne proibite
1954

Il matrimonio
1954

La passeggiata
1953

Die Verblendeten
1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The House on Telegraph Hill
1951

Graf Orloffs gefährliche Liebe
1950

Graf Cagliostro
1949

Gefahr in Frisco
1949

Malaya
1949

Echo der Liebe
1949

Die Elenden
1948

Gli uomini sono nemici
1948

L'ebreo errante
1948

I miserabili: Tempesta su Parigi
1948

Il corriere del re
1947

Il passatore
1947

Roma città libera
1946

Un americano in vacanza
1946

Nessuno torna indietro
1945

Giorni felici
1943

La cena delle beffe
1942

Quarta pagina
1942

Karawane
1942

L'attore scomparso
1941

Primo amore
1941

Il bravo di Venezia
1941