Valentina Cortese
Born January 01, 1923 (Age: 103)
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Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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'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.
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.
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Filmography
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Le ragazze di Milano
2007
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as Self
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Age: 84
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
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as Self
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Age: 77
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
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as Queen Ariadne / Violet
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Age: 65
When Time Ran Out...
1980
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as Rose Valdez
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Age: 57
Day for Night
1973
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as Séverine
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Age: 50
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
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as Ornella
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Age: 46
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
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as Valentina
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Age: 42
Barabbas
1961
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as Julia
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Age: 38
Square of Violence
1961
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as Erica Bernardi
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Age: 38
Love and Troubles
1958
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as Marisa
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Age: 35
Il Conte Aquila
1955
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as Teresa Casati
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Age: 32
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
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as Adriana Lecouvreur
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Age: 32
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
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as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
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Age: 31
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Chi l'ha visto?
1945
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as Luisella
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Age: 22
Quarta pagina
1942
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as Valentina
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Age: 19
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Soltanto un bacio
1942
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as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
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Age: 19
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La regina di Navarra
1942
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as
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Age: 19
The Jester's Supper
1942
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as Lisabetta
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Age: 19
Girl of the Golden West
1942
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as Madge
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Age: 19
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Orizzonte di sangue
1942
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as
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Age: 19
Primo amore
1941
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as Nerina Redi
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Age: 18
L'attore scomparso
1941
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Age: 18