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 Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Queen Ariadne / Violet

Day for Night

as Severine

Jesus of Nazareth

as Herodias

Juliet of the Spirits

as Valentina

The Barefoot Contessa

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

as Laura Craven-Torrani

Barabbas

as Julia

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Pica Di Bernardone

Thieves' Highway

as Rica