Valentina Cortese

Actor

Born: January 1, 1923
Died: July 10, 2019 (age 96)
From: 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…

Filmography (89)

Diva! (2017)
Le ragazze di Milano
Le ragazze di Milano (2007)
Self
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (2001)
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000)
Self
Sparrow (1994)
Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine (1993)
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom (1991)
Serafina Tannenbaum
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Queen Ariadne / Violet
Facciaffittasi
Facciaffittasi (1988)
Gina Grandi
Via Montenapoleone (1987)
madre di Guido
Blue Tango (1987)
Rachele Cigno
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1981)
Caterina de Dominicis
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness (1979)
Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest (1977)
Dolores
The Big Operator (1976)
Witwe
Nick the Sting (1976)
Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)
Sabina Foschini
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
Grazia Filippini
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (1975)
Olghina Franchetti
The Kiss (1974)
Elizabeth Blixen
Tender Dracula (1974)
Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
Sabina Foschini
Appassionata (1974)
Elisa Rutelli
Day for Night (1973)
Séverine
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Pica Di Bernardone
Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
Luisa Sola
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Madame Sobieski