
Né(e) 1 janv. 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

Storia di una capinera
1994

La Classe américaine
1993

Buster's Bedroom
1991

I promessi sposi
1989

Les Aventures du baron de Münchausen
1988

Il giovane Toscanini
1988

Via Montenapoleone
1987

Tango blu
1987

La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981

Le Jour de la fin du monde
1980

Les vierges damnées
1979

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978

Jésus de Nazareth
1977

Nido de viudas
1977

Le Grand Escogriffe
1976

Gli amici di Nick Hezard
1976

Dracula en province
1975

Colère noire
1975

Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975

Les Passionnées
1974

La Grande Trouille
1974

Il bacio
1974

Amore mio non farmi male
1974

La Nuit américaine
1973

François et le chemin du soleil
1972

L'Assassinat de Trotsky
1972

Chronique d'un homicide
1972

L'iguane à la langue de feu
1971

Le Bateau sur l'herbe
1971

Erste Liebe
1970

Le secret de Santa Vittoria
1970

Madly
1970

Les Caprices de Marie
1970

Toh, è morta la nonna!
1969

Le Démon des femmes
1968

Scusi, facciamo l'amore?
1968

Soleil noir
1966

Juliette des esprits
1965

La possédée du lac
1965

La Rancune
1964

I grandi camaleonti
1964

La Fille qui en savait trop
1963

Axel Munthe - Der Arzt von San Michele
1962

Barabbas
1961

La nuit des otages
1961

Amour et Ennuis
1958

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
1957

Calabuig
1956

Femmes entre elles
1955

Magic Fire
1955

Il Conte Aquila
1955

Adriana Lecouvreur
1955

La Comtesse aux pieds nus
1954

Femme damnées
1954

Il matrimonio
1954

La passeggiata
1953

Secret People
1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

La Maison sur la colline
1951

Shadow of the Eagle
1950

Cagliostro
1949

Malaya
1949

Les Bas-fonds de Frisco
1949

The Glass Mountain
1949

Les Misérables : L'évadé du bagne
1948

Gli uomini sono nemici
1948

Les Misérables : Tempête sur Paris
1948

L'ebreo errante
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

Una signora dell'ovest
1942

La cena delle beffe
1942

Quarta pagina
1942

L'attore scomparso
1941

Primo amore
1941

Il bravo di Venezia
1941