Valentina Cortese
Born January 01, 1923 (Age: 103)
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Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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.
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.
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Filmography
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Le ragazze di Milano
2007
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as Self
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Age: 84
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
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as Self
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Age: 77
La Classe américaine
1993
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as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Buster's Bedroom
1991
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as Serafina Tannenbaum
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Age: 68
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
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as Queen Ariadne / Violet
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Age: 65
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Facciaffittasi
1988
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as Gina Grandi
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Age: 65
Via Montenapoleone
1987
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as madre di Guido
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Age: 64
Blue Tango
1987
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as Rachele Cigno
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Age: 64
When Time Ran Out...
1980
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as Rose Valdez
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Age: 57
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
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as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
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Age: 55
The Kiss
1974
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as Elizabeth Blixen
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Age: 51
Tender Dracula
1974
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Age: 51
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
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as Sabina Foschini
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Age: 51
Appassionata
1974
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as Elisa Rutelli
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Age: 51
Day for Night
1973
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as Séverine
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Age: 50
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
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as Luisa Sola
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Age: 49
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
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as Ornella
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Age: 46
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
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as Valentina
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Age: 42
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Possessed
1965
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as Irma
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Age: 42
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Visit
1964
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as Mathilda Miller
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Age: 41
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
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as Laura Craven-Torrani
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Age: 40
Story of San Michele
1962
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as Eleonora Duse
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Age: 39
Barabbas
1961
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as Julia
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Age: 38
Square of Violence
1961
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as Erica Bernardi
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Age: 38
Love and Troubles
1958
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as Marisa
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Age: 35
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
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as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
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Age: 33
Le Amiche
1955
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as Nene
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Age: 32
Il Conte Aquila
1955
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as Teresa Casati
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Age: 32
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
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as Adriana Lecouvreur
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Age: 32
Magic Fire
1955
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as Mathilde Wesendonk
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Age: 32
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
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as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
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Age: 31
Jailbirds
1954
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as Luprandi's wife
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Age: 31
Il matrimonio
1954
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as
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Age: 31
Angels of Darkness
1954
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as Vally
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Age: 31
Lulù
1953
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as
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Age: 30
La passeggiata
1953
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as Lisa
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Age: 30
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
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as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
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Age: 27
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Chi l'ha visto?
1945
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as Luisella
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Age: 22
No One Comes Back
1945
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as Valentina
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Age: 22
Quarta pagina
1942
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as Valentina
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Age: 19
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Soltanto un bacio
1942
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as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
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Age: 19
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La regina di Navarra
1942
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as
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Age: 19
The Jester's Supper
1942
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as Lisabetta
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Age: 19
Girl of the Golden West
1942
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as Madge
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Age: 19
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Orizzonte di sangue
1942
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as
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Age: 19
Primo amore
1941
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as Nerina Redi
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Age: 18
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
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as Alina
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Age: 18
L'attore scomparso
1941
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as
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Age: 18