Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1923

Place of Birth:

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valentina Cortese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Lulù Lulù

1953

Diva! Diva!

2017

Sparrow Sparrow

1994

Malaya Malaya

1949

Jailbirds Jailbirds

1954

Le Amiche Le Amiche

1955

Barabbas Barabbas

1961

The Visit The Visit

1964

First Love First Love

1970

Black Sun Black Sun

1966

Blue Tango Blue Tango

1987

Magic Fire Magic Fire

1955

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