Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

01/01/1923

Day of Death

10/07/2019
(96) years old

Place of Birth

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 b... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2017

Diva!

2001

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Cha...

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Sparrow

as Madre Superiora

1993

La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive foota...

1991

Buster's Bedroom

as Serafina Tannenbaum

1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Queen Ariadne / Violet

1988

Facciaffittasi

as Gina Grandi

1987

Via Montenapoleone

as madre di Guido

1987

Blue Tango

as Rachele Cigno

1980

When Time Ran Out...

as Rose Valdez

1979

Ring of Darkness

as Elena Merrill

1978

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande

1977

Widows' Nest

as Dolores

1976

The Big Operator

as Witwe

1976

Nick the Sting

as Regina

1975

Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as Sabina Foschini

1975

Kidnap Syndicate

as Grazia Filippini

1974

The Kiss

as Elizabeth Blixen

1974

Amore mio non farmi male

as Sabina Foschini

1974

Appassionata

as Elisa Rutelli

1973

Day for Night

as Séverine

1972

The Assassination of Trotsky

as Natalia Trotsky

1972

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Pica Di Bernardone

1972

Chronicle of a Homicide

as Luisa Sola

1971

The Boat on the Grass

as Catherine

1970

The Love Mates

as Eva

1970

First Love

as Mutter

1970

Give Her the Moon

as Madeleine de Lépine

1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

as Gabriella (uncredited)

1968

Listen, Let's Make Love

as Lallo's Mother

1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Countess Bozo Bedoni

1966

Black Sun

as Maria

1965

Juliet of the Spirits

as Valentina

1965

The Possessed

as Irma

1964

The Visit

as Mathilda Miller

1963

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

as Laura Craven-Torrani

1962

Story of San Michele

as Eleonora Duse

1961

Barabbas

as Julia

1961

Square of Violence

as Erica Bernardi

1958

Love and Troubles

as Marisa

1956

The Rocket from Calabuch

as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela

1955

Le Amiche

as Nene

1955

Il Conte Aquila

as Teresa Casati

1955

Adriana Lecouvreur

as Adriana Lecouvreur

1955

Magic Fire

as Mathilde Wesendonk

1954

The Barefoot Contessa

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

1954

Jailbirds

as Luprandi's wife

1954

Angels of Darkness

as Vally

1953

Lulù

1953

La passeggiata

as Lisa

1952

Secret People

as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins

1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

as Victoria Kowelska

1950

Shadow of the Eagle

as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova

1949

Malaya

as Luana

1949

Thieves' Highway

as Rica

1949

Black Magic

as Zoraida

1949

The Glass Mountain

as Alida Morrosini

1948

Crossroads of Passion

as Maria Pilar

1948

L'ebreo errante

as Ester

1948

Les Misérables

as Fantine

1947

Il passatore

as Barbara

1946

Rome: Free City

as La ragazza

1945

Chi l'ha visto?

as Luisella

1945

No One Comes Back

as Valentina

1943

Giorni felici

as Marianna

1942

Quarta pagina

as Valentina

1942

Soltanto un bacio

as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda

1942

The Jester's Supper

as Lisabetta

1941

Primo amore

as Nerina Redi