Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Valentina Cortese
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Movies: 81Series: 3
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: 6.59
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.
8.2
Diva!
2017 Movie
9.0
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2001 Movie
6.3
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self
2000 Movie
7.4
Sparrow
as Madre Superiora
1994 Movie
7.6
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993 Movie
3.0
Buster's Bedroom
as Serafina Tannenbaum
1991 Movie
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988 Movie
3.4
Via Montenapoleone
as madre di Guido
1987 Movie
2.0
Blue Tango
as Rachele Cigno
1987 Movie
5.4
When Time Ran Out...
as Rose Valdez
1980 Movie
4.6
Ring of Darkness
as Elena Merrill
1979 Movie
4.8
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
1978 Movie
Widows' Nest
as Dolores
1977 Movie
4.5
The Big Operator
as Witwe
1976 Movie
6.7
Nick the Sting
as Regina
1976 Movie
5.3
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini
1975 Movie
6.7
Kidnap Syndicate
as Grazia Filippini
1975 Movie
5.8
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti
1975 Movie
2.0
The Kiss
as Elizabeth Blixen
1974 Movie
4.0
Tender Dracula
1974 Movie
4.3
Amore mio non farmi male
as Sabina Foschini
1974 Movie
5.7
Appassionata
as Elisa Rutelli
1974 Movie
7.8
Day for Night
as Séverine
1973 Movie
5.1
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Natalia Trotsky
1972 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Valentina Cortese.
