Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
01 Jan, 1923 (102 years old)

Valentina Cortese

Biography

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.

Known For

The Possessed
HD
85 min 1965

The Possessed

Mystery
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
HD
86 min 1963

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Thriller
Secret People
HD
96 min 1952

Secret People

Crime
The House on Telegraph Hill
HD
93 min 1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

Thriller
Malaya
HD
98 min 1949

Malaya

Adventure
Thieves' Highway
HD
94 min 1949

Thieves' Highway

Drama

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