Valentina Cortese
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 (95 Appearances)
Diva!
Le ragazze di Milano
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Sparrow
La Classe américaine
Buster's Bedroom
I promessi sposi
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Facciaffittasi
Facciaffittasi
Via Montenapoleone
Blue Tango
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
When Time Ran Out...
Ring of Darkness
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Widows' Nest
Jesus of Nazareth
The Big Operator
Nick the Sting
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Kidnap Syndicate
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
The Kiss
Tender Dracula
Amore mio non farmi male
Appassionata
Day for Night
The Assassination of Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Chronicle of a Homicide
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
The Boat on the Grass
The Love Mates
First Love
Give Her the Moon
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Il killer
Listen, Let's Make Love
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Black Sun
Juliet of the Spirits
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
The Possessed
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
The Visit
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Story of San Michele
Barabbas
Square of Violence
Love and Troubles
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
The Rocket from Calabuch
Le Amiche
Il Conte Aquila
Adriana Lecouvreur
Magic Fire
The Barefoot Contessa
Jailbirds
Il matrimonio
Angels of Darkness
Lulù
La passeggiata
Secret People
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The House on Telegraph Hill
Lux Video Theatre
Shadow of the Eagle
Malaya
Thieves' Highway
Black Magic
The Glass Mountain
Crossroads of Passion
L'ebreo errante
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Les Misérables
Il corriere del re
Il passatore
Rome: Free City
Un americano in vacanza
Chi l'ha visto?
No One Comes Back
4 girls dream
Giorni felici
Quarta pagina
Soltanto un bacio
La regina di Navarra
The Jester's Supper
Girl of the Golden West
Orizzonte di sangue
Primo amore
Il bravo di Venezia
L'attore scomparso