Acting credits
87
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Valentina Cortese
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 83Series: 4
TMDB ID: 24499
IMDb ID: nm0181305
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1923
Died: July 10, 2019
Age: 96
Place of birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1941 - 2017
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q259986
Also known as
Valentina Cortesa
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Valentina Cortese.
Diva!
2017 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 • Movie
as Self
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000 • Movie
as Madre Superiora
Sparrow
1994 • Movie
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
1993 • Movie
as Serafina Tannenbaum
Buster's Bedroom
1991 • Movie
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 • Movie
as madre di Guido
Via Montenapoleone
1987 • Movie
as Rachele Cigno
Blue Tango
1987 • Movie
as Caterina de Dominicis
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
1981 • Movie
as Rose Valdez
When Time Ran Out...
1980 • Movie
as Elena Merrill
Ring of Darkness
1979 • Movie
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978 • Movie
as Dolores
Widows' Nest
1977 • Movie
as Witwe
The Big Operator
1976 • Movie
as Regina
Nick the Sting
1976 • Movie
as Sabina Foschini
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975 • Movie
as Grazia Filippini
Kidnap Syndicate
1975 • Movie
as Olghina Franchetti
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 • Movie
as Elizabeth Blixen
The Kiss
1974 • Movie
Tender Dracula
1974 • Movie
as Sabina Foschini
Amore mio non farmi male
1974 • Movie
as Elisa Rutelli
Appassionata
1974 • Movie
as Séverine
Day for Night
1973 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Valentina Cortese.
