
Actriță
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.
Născut
1 ianuarie 1923
Zodie
Capricorn
Decedat
10 iulie 2019
Locul nașterii
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Universul filmelor sale
Regie · 2 filme
Franco Zeffirelli
Fratello sole, sorella luna, Storia di una capinera

Aventurile baronului Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988

La Nuit américaine
Séverine
1973

Giulietta degli spiriti
Valentina
1965

The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954

La ragazza che sapeva troppo
Laura Craven-Torrani
1963

Barabbas
Julia
1961

Fratello sole, sorella luna
Pica Di Bernardone
1972

Thieves' Highway
Rica
1949

Prietenele
Nene
1955

Când timpul a expirat...
Rose Valdez
1980

The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska
1951

Pasionata
Elisa Rutelli
1974

La donna del lago
Irma
1965

L'Assassinat de Trotsky
Natalia Trotsky
1972

Calabuch
Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
1956

Vizita
Mathilda Miller
1964

L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco
Madame Sobieski
1971

La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori
Grazia Filippini
1975

The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
1968

Storia di una capinera
Madre Superiora
1994

Le Grand Escogriffe
Witwe
1976

Black Magic
Zoraida
1949

Les Caprices de Marie
Madeleine de Lépine
1970

Secret People
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
1952