Valentina Cortese
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Sparrow
as Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom
as Serafina Tannenbaum
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
Facciaffittasi
as Gina Grandi
Via Montenapoleone
as madre di Guido
Blue Tango
as Rachele Cigno
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa
as Caterina de Dominicis
When Time Ran Out...
as Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness
as Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest
as Dolores
The Big Operator
as Witwe
Nick the Sting
as Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as Sabina Foschini
Kidnap Syndicate
as Grazia Filippini
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Olghina Franchetti
The Kiss
as Elizabeth Blixen
Amore mio non farmi male
as Sabina Foschini
Appassionata
as Elisa Rutelli
Day for Night
as Séverine
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Natalia Trotsky
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Pica Di Bernardone
Chronicle of a Homicide
as Luisa Sola
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
as Madame Sobieski
The Boat on the Grass
as Catherine
The Love Mates
as Eva
First Love
as Mutter
Give Her the Moon
as Madeleine de Lépine