Valentina Cortese

Born: 1923-01-01

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valentina Cortese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Barabbas

as Julia
Released: 1961-12-23

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when...

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Thieves' Highway

as Rica
Released: 1949-09-20

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his...

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Appassionata

as Elisa Rutelli
Released: 1974-05-22

Two teenage friends conspire to find out how much their youthful sensuality can disrupt one of...

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Released: 1988-12-07

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of...

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The House on Telegraph Hill

as Victoria Kowelska
Released: 1951-05-12

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and...

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much

as Laura Craven-Torrani
Released: 1963-02-10

A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

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Day for Night

as Severine
Released: 1973-05-24

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises,...

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Juliet of the Spirits

as Valentina
Released: 1965-10-22

Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows...

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The Barefoot Contessa

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Released: 1954-09-29

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy...

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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

as Gabriella (uncredited)
Released: 1970-01-02

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

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The Rocket from Calabuch

as Eloisa, the Schoolmistress
Released: 1956-09-28

Professor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity,...

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Pica Di Bernardone
Released: 1972-03-03

In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the...

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When Time Ran Out...

as Rose Valdez
Released: 1980-03-28

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle...

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La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1993-12-31

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of...

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Le Amiche

as Nene
Released: 1955-11-18

Clelia, a self-made woman coming from humble means, travels back to Turin, her hometown, to...

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The Glass Mountain

as Alida Morrosini
Released: 1949-03-09

An aspiring composer, in the British Air Force for WWII, is downed in Italy and rescued by an...

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The Possessed

as Irma
Released: 1965-07-24

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent...

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The Jester's Supper

as Lisabetta
Released: 1942-02-10

In Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the...

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The Visit

as Mathilda Miller
Released: 1964-05-06

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her,...

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The Assassination of Trotsky

as Natalia Trotsky
Released: 1972-04-20

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

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Listen, Let's Make Love

as Lallo's Mother
Released: 1968-09-13

When his father dies, young lad travels to Milan to attend the funeral and decides to follow in...

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Kidnap Syndicate

as Grazia Filippini
Released: 1975-08-27

After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential...

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The Big Operator

as Witwe
Released: 1976-11-27

The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap...

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The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Countess Bozo Bedoni
Released: 1968-08-21

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie...

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Sparrow

as Madre Superiora
Released: 1994-02-04

Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old...

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Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

as Fanny
Released: 1957-03-04

England, first half of the 19th century. Edmund Kean is a celebrated theatre actor, notorious...

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Black Magic

as Zoraida
Released: 1949-08-19

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

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The Boat on the Grass

as Catherine
Released: 1971-04-16

Despite their social differences, poor David and the rich Olivier are the best friends. David...

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Tender Dracula

as uncredited
Released: 1974-08-07

Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing...

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First Love

as Mutter
Released: 1970-10-07

The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.

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The Kiss of Death

as Elizabeth Blixen
Released: 1974-08-22

Adaptation of a novel by Carolina Invernizio.

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The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza

as Olghina Franchetti
Released: 1975-08-21

A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a...

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Shadow of the Eagle

as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
Released: 1950-09-11

During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the...

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Un americano in vacanza

as Maria
Released: 1946-09-07

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Secret People

as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Released: 1952-02-05

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the...

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Amore mio non farmi male

as uncredited
Released: 1974-07-13

Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic...

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Nick the Sting

as Regina
Released: 1976-09-14

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a...

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Ring of Darkness

as Elena Merrill
Released: 1979-10-29

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins...

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Black Sun

as Maria
Released: 1966-12-10

A young Gallic heiress Christine is looking for her long-lost brother in Algeria. She's not...

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

as Madame Sobieski
Released: 1971-08-24

In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of...

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Il matrimonio

as uncredited
Released: 1954-02-25

An Italian historical comedy film consisting of three segments, based on three stage plays by...

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Give Her the Moon

as Madeleine de Lépine
Released: 1970-02-25

Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She agrees to stay with...

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Oh, Grandmother's Dead

as Ornella
Released: 1969-10-09

Relatives brawl over the estate of a deceased grandmother who owned an insecticide factory.They...

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Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as uncredited
Released: 1975-10-17

The birth of a nephew upsets the life of Paolo and Carlo who, unable to grow old, try to prove...

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Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Released: 1978-05-23

Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give...

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Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

as Cosetta
Released: 1948-01-21

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between...

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Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self
Released: 2000-09-05

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most...

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Story of San Michele

as Eleonora Duse
Released: 1962-09-28

A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik,...

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Les Misérables

as Fantine
Released: 1948-01-10

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Malaya

as Luana
Released: 1949-12-27

After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just...

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Quarta pagina

as Valentina
Released: 1942-12-17

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Chronicle of a Homicide

as Luisa Sola
Released: 1972-02-04

Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a...

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Il passatore

as Barbara
Released: 1947-10-22

The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

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Via Montenapoleone

as madre di Guido
Released: 1987-03-13

Via Montenapoleone in Milan is the ritziest street in the city and here the destinies of several...

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Il bravo di Venezia

as Alina
Released: 1941-09-17

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Buster's Bedroom

as Serafina Tannenbaum
Released: 1991-05-09

A young woman who is obsessed with Buster Keaton stays in the sanatorium where the actor was...

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The Love Mates

as Eva
Released: 1970-12-18

Julien and Agatha appear to be a great couple, loving, caring and seem to feel complete with...

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L'ebreo errante

as Ester
Released: 1948-01-24

Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle...

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Love and Troubles

as Marisa
Released: 1958-12-19

Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them...

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Giorni felici

as Marianna
Released: 1943-01-01

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Magic Fire

as Mathilde Wesendonk
Released: 1955-06-30

Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars...

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Girl of the Golden West

as Madge
Released: 1942-02-09

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Angels of Darkness

as Vally
Released: 1954-01-27

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to...

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Lulù

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-10

Mario, a student from a noble Milanese family, falls in love with Lulù, a young slender girl.

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Square of Violence

as Erica Bernardi
Released: 1961-01-01

Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation...

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Adriana Lecouvreur

as Adriana Lecouvreur
Released: 1955-08-11

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Il Conte Aquila

as Teresa Casati
Released: 1955-09-07

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Il corriere del re

as uncredited
Released: 1947-12-04

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La passeggiata

as Lisa
Released: 1953-01-27

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the...

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Diva!

as uncredited
Released: 2017-09-01

The moving life and international career of actress Valentina Cortese is acted out by eight...

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Jailbirds

as Luprandi's wife
Released: 1954-09-18

Three jailbirds - a surgeon, a robber and a wrongly convicted man must adjust to their lives...

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Jesus Of Nazareth

as Herodius
Released: 1977-03-27

Robert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and...

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Primo amore

as Nerina Redi
Released: 1941-10-05

An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after...

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Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

as Self
Released: 1965-09-12

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his...

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Widows' Nest

as Dolores
Released: 1977-12-01

The arrival of some unwanted visitors interrupts the peaceful Cuban home life of sisters...

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No One Comes Back

as Valentina
Released: 1945-01-05

A host of college girls take different life paths in the Italy of the 1930s.

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L'attore scomparso

as uncredited
Released: 1941-06-02

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Rome: Free City

as La ragazza
Released: 1946-12-17

In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man...

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Crossroads of Passion

as Maria Pilar
Released: 1948-08-04

Lisbon, the capital of Neutral Portugal, is a hotbed of spies. Mario, a cabaret singer working...

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Blue Tango

as Rachele Cigno
Released: 1987-02-02

Tango blu is a night club in Milan where various bizarre characters meet. Among them a...

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Jesus of Nazareth

as Herodias
First aired: 1977-03-27

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...

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I promessi sposi

as Donna Prassede
First aired: 1989-11-12

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Dr. Bruni
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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