Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/1/1923
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Also Known As
Valentina Cortesa
Valentina Cortese
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...
Known For
Barabbas
as Julia
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti
Angels of Darkness
as Vally
Story of San Michele
as Eleonora Duse
Secret People
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Quarta pagina
as Valentina
Lulù
Unknown Role
Il passatore
as Barbara
Giorni felici
as Marianna
Le Amiche
as Nene
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Il matrimonio
Unknown Role
Black Magic
as Zoraida
La passeggiata
as Lisa
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini
Magic Fire
as Mathilde Wesendonk
Diva!
Unknown Role
The Barefoot Contessa
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Black Sun
as Maria
Adriana Lecouvreur
as Adriana Lecouvreur