VALENTINA CORTESE
ACTING
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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.
- Day for Night1973
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972
- Ring of Darkness1979
- Thieves' Highway1949
- The Assassination of Trotsky1972
- Barabbas1961
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much1963
- The Barefoot Contessa1954
- The House on Telegraph Hill1951
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988
- Malaya1949
- Sparrow1994
- The Jester's Supper1942
- Le Amiche1955
- When Time Ran Out...1980
- Juliet of the Spirits1965
- Appassionata1974
- Black Magic1949
- The Legend of Lylah Clare1968
- The Rocket from Calabuch1956
- Black Sun1966
- Secret People1952
- Magic Fire1955
- Tanto va la gatta al lardo...1978
- Il passatore1947
- Un americano in vacanza1946
- The Visit1964
- The Glass Mountain1949
- Listen, Let's Make Love1968
- Giorni felici1943
- Love and Troubles1958
- Give Her the Moon1970
- Angels of Darkness1954
- Kidnap Syndicate1975
- First Love1970
- The Big Operator1976
- The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza1975
- Oh, Grandmother's Dead1969
- Via Montenapoleone1987
- Shadow of the Eagle1950
- Rome: Free City1946
- Nick the Sting1976
- Kean: Genius or Scoundrel1957
- La Classe américaine1993
- The Possessed1965
- The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire1971
- Jailbirds1954
- Quarta pagina1942
- Girl of the Golden West1942
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria1970
- Adriana Lecouvreur1955
- Jesus of Nazareth1977
- I promessi sposi1989