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.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Sparrow (1994) | Madre Superiora | 5 | |
| 2 | La Classe américaine (1993) | The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 3 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) | Queen Ariadne / Violet | 6.9 | |
| 4 | When Time Ran Out... (1980) | Rose Valdez | - | - |
| 5 | Tender Dracula (1974) | - | - | - |
| 6 | Day for Night (1973) | Séverine | 5.8 | |
| 7 | The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) | Natalia Trotsky | - | - |
| 8 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) | Pica Di Bernardone | 3 | |
| 9 | First Love (1970) | Mutter | 3 | |
| 10 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) | Gabriella (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 11 | The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) | Countess Bozo Bedoni | 3 | |
| 12 | Listen, Let's Make Love (1968) | Lallo's Mother | - | - |
| 13 | The Possessed (1965) | Irma | 4 | |
| 14 | The Visit (1964) | Mathilda Miller | 3 | |
| 15 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) | Laura Craven-Torrani | 6 | |
| 16 | Barabbas (1961) | Julia | 8 | |
| 17 | The Rocket from Calabuch (1956) | Eloísa, la maestra de escuela | 6.3 | |
| 18 | Angels of Darkness (1954) | Vally | - | - |
| 19 | The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | Eleanora Torlato-Favrini | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Secret People (1952) | Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins | - | - |
| 21 | The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) | Victoria Kowelska | 7 | |
| 22 | Les Misérables (1948) | Fantine | - | - |
| 23 | Rome: Free City (1946) | La ragazza | 4 | |
| 24 | The Jester's Supper (1942) | Lisabetta | 4 |
