The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988
As Queen Ariadne / Violet
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Valentina Cortese
Born
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.
Filmography (90)
Appassionata1974
As Elisa Rutelli
TMDb 5.6 / 10
First Love1970
As Mutter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Barefoot Contessa1954
As Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Barabbas1961
As Julia
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Black Magic1949
As Zoraida
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Day for Night1973
As Séverine
TMDb 7.8 / 10
When Time Ran Out...1980
As Rose Valdez
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Visit1964
As Mathilda Miller
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel1957
As Fanny
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Love Mates1970
As Eva
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Rocket from Calabuch1956
As Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Malaya1949
As Luana
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Secret of Santa Vittoria1970
As Gabriella (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Juliet of the Spirits1965
As Valentina
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Assassination of Trotsky1972
As Natalia Trotsky
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Legend of Lylah Clare1968
As Countess Bozo Bedoni
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972
As Pica Di Bernardone
TMDb 7.0 / 10
La Classe américaine1993
As The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Thieves' Highway1949
As Rica
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Girl Who Knew Too Much1963
As Laura Craven-Torrani
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Possessed1965
As Irma
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Give Her the Moon1970
As Madeleine de Lépine
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Federico Fellini's Autobiography2000
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Secret People1952
As Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Love and Troubles1958
As Marisa
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The House on Telegraph Hill1951
As Victoria Kowelska
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Kidnap Syndicate1975
As Grazia Filippini
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sparrow1994
As Madre Superiora
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Magic Fire1955
As Mathilde Wesendonk
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza1975
As Olghina Franchetti
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Chronicle of a Homicide1972
As Luisa Sola
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Angels of Darkness1954
As Vally
TMDb 3.6 / 10
La passeggiata1953
As Lisa
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Nick the Sting1976
As Regina
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire1971
As Madame Sobieski
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Shadow of the Eagle1950
As Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ring of Darkness1979
As Elena Merrill
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris1948
As Cosetta
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Crossroads of Passion1948
As Maria Pilar
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Amore mio non farmi male1974
As Sabina Foschini
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Kiss1974
As Elizabeth Blixen
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Young Toscanini1988
As Comparsa (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Il Conte Aquila1955
As Teresa Casati
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Diva!2017
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Le Amiche1955
As Nene
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Il matrimonio1954
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Il passatore1947
As Barbara
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Big Operator1976
As Witwe
TMDb 4.6 / 10
L'ebreo errante1948
As Ester
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lulù1953
L'attore scomparso1941
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tender Dracula1974
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'1965
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
No One Comes Back1945
As Valentina
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Listen, Let's Make Love1968
As Lallo's Mother
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Jester's Supper1942
As Lisabetta
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Boat on the Grass1971
As Catherine
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Glass Mountain1949
As Alida Morrosini
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Via Montenapoleone1987
As madre di Guido
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Les Misérables1948
As Fantine
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Le ragazze di Milano
Le ragazze di Milano2007
As Self
Primo amore1941
As Nerina Redi
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Blue Tango1987
As Rachele Cigno
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chi l'ha visto?
Chi l'ha visto?1945
As Luisella
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...1978
As Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
TMDb 5.8 / 10
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa1981
As Caterina de Dominicis
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Oh, Grandmother's Dead1969
As Ornella
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Buster's Bedroom1991
As Serafina Tannenbaum
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Adriana Lecouvreur1955
As Adriana Lecouvreur
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Un americano in vacanza1946
As Maria
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Widows' Nest1977
As Dolores
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rome: Free City1946
As La ragazza
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Story of San Michele1962
As Eleonora Duse
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Quarta pagina1942
As Valentina
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Girl of the Golden West1942
As Madge
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Il bravo di Venezia1941
As Alina
TMDb 9.0 / 10
La regina di Navarra
La regina di Navarra1942
Square of Violence1961
As Erica Bernardi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jailbirds1954
As Luprandi's wife
TMDb 5.5 / 10
4 girls dream
4 girls dream1943
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Black Sun1966
As Maria
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Son tornate a fiorire le rose1975
As Sabina Foschini
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Soltanto un bacio
Soltanto un bacio1942
As Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Il corriere del re1947
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema2001
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials1965
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Facciaffittasi
Facciaffittasi1988
As Gina Grandi
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Giorni felici1943
As Marianna
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Orizzonte di sangue
Orizzonte di sangue1942
TMDb 8.0 / 10
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