Valentina Cortese

Works
Actor (11),
Birthday
1923-01-01

Valentina Cortese - known for her work in such projects: «Day for Night» (1973), «The Adventures of Baron Munchausen» (1988), «Appassionata» (1974), «Barabbas» (1961), «The Barefoot Contessa» (1954),

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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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The most significant works of Valentina Cortese

Day for Night (1973)
Character: Severine - Leading
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Character: Pica Di Bernardone
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Character: Queen Ariadne / Violet
La Classe américaine (1993)
Character: The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Character: Valentina - Leading
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Character: Rica - Leading
Barabbas (1961)
Character: Julia
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Character: Victoria Kowelska - Leading
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Character: Eleanora Torlato-Favrini - Leading
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Character: Rose Valdez


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