As Actor
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
6.3
Valentina Cortese
Acting
Born
January 1, 1923
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Deceased
July 10, 2019
Biography
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Sparrow
1994
7.4
As Actor
Buster's Bedroom
1991
3.5
As Actor
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
7.0
As Actor
Via Montenapoleone
1987
3.6
As Actor
Blue Tango
1987
2.0
As Actor
When Time Ran Out...
1980
5.5
As Actor
Ring of Darkness
1979
5.1
As Actor
The Big Operator
1976
4.5
As Actor
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
5.3
As Actor
The Kiss of Death
1974
2.0
As Actor
Tender Dracula
1974
4.1
As Actor
Appassionata
1974
5.7
As Actor
Day for Night
1973
7.8
As Actor
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
5.2
As Actor
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
7.0
As Actor
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
4.8
As Actor
Black Sun
1966
4.0
As Actor
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
7.3
As Actor
The Possessed
1965
6.8