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Valentina Cortese
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2017
Diva!
Movie
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2007
Le ragazze di Milano
Movie Self
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2001
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Movie Self
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1994
Sparrow
Movie Madre Superiora
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1993
La Classe américaine
Movie The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1991
Buster's Bedroom
Movie Serafina Tannenbaum
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1989
I promessi sposi
TV show Donna Prassede
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1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie Queen Ariadne / Violet
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1988
Young Toscanini
Movie Comparsa (uncredited)
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1988
Facciaffittasi
TV show Gina Grandi
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1988
Facciaffittasi
Movie Gina Grandi
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1987
Via Montenapoleone
Movie madre di Guido
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1987
Blue Tango
Movie Rachele Cigno
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1981
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
Movie Caterina de Dominicis
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1980
When Time Ran Out...
Movie Rose Valdez
More credits
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1979
Ring of Darkness
Movie Elena Merrill
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1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Movie Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
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1977
Widows' Nest
Movie Dolores
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1977
Jesus of Nazareth
TV show Herodias
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1976
The Big Operator
Movie Witwe
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1976
Nick the Sting
Movie Regina
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1975
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Movie Sabina Foschini
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1975
Kidnap Syndicate
Movie Grazia Filippini
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1975
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Movie Olghina Franchetti
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1974
The Kiss
Movie Elizabeth Blixen
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1974
Tender Dracula
Movie
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1974
Amore mio non farmi male
Movie Sabina Foschini
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1974
Appassionata
Movie Elisa Rutelli
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1973
Day for Night
Movie Séverine
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1972
The Assassination of Trotsky
Movie Natalia Trotsky
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1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie Pica Di Bernardone
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1972
Chronicle of a Homicide
Movie Luisa Sola
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1971
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Movie Madame Sobieski
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1971
The Boat on the Grass
Movie Catherine
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1970
The Love Mates
Movie Eva
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1970
First Love
Movie Mutter
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1970
Give Her the Moon
Movie Madeleine de Lépine
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1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie Gabriella (uncredited)
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1969
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Movie Ornella
