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Valentina Cortese

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Valentina Cortese was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, in 1923. She made her movie debut in 1940 and played many "ingenue" parts in Italian films of that period, before making a real sensation in Les Misérables, playing both female leads, Fantine and Cosette (the film was a competent screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic)... See full bio »

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1993 Sparrow
Mother Superior
 
1991 Buster's Bedroom
Serafina Tannenbaum
 
1989 The Betrothed (TV mini-series)
Donna Prassede
 
1989 La formula mancata (TV mini-series)
 
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Queen Ariadne / Violet
 
1988 Il giovane Toscanini (uncredited)
 
1987 Facciaffittasi (TV mini-series)
Gina Grandi
 
1987 Blue Tango
Rachele Cigno
 
1986 Via Montenapoleone
Madre di Guido
 
1980 When Time Ran Out...
Rose Valdez (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1979 Ring of Darkness
Elena Merrill
 
1979 Le troisième couteau (TV movie)
Tante Zelmire
 
1978 Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Vilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
 
1977 Nido de viudas
Dolores
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
Herodias
– Part 2 (1977) … Herodias
– Part 1 (1977) … Herodias
 
1977 La granduchessa e i camerieri (TV movie)
Granduchessa Sans-Souci
 
1976 The Big Operator
The Widow
 
1976 Nick the Sting
Regina - Nick's Mother
 
1975 Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Sabina Foschini
 
1975 Kidnap Syndicate
Grazia Filippini
 
1975 Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza
Olghina Franchetti
 
1974 The Kiss of Death
Elizabeth Blixen
 
1974 Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (uncredited)
 
1974 Appassionata
Elisa Rutelli
 
1974 Amore mio non farmi male
Sabina Foschini
 
1973 Day for Night
Severine
 
1972 The Assassination of Trotsky
Natalia Sedowa Trotsky
 
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Pica Di Bernardone
 
1972 Chronicle of a Homicide
Luisa Sola
 
1971 The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Mrs. Sobiesky
 
1971 The Boat on the Grass
Christine
 
1971 I Buddenbrook (TV mini-series)
Gerda Buddenbrook / Gerda Arnoldsen
– Episode #1.7 (1971) … Gerda Buddenbrook
– Episode #1.6 (1971) … Gerda Buddenbrook
– Episode #1.5 (1971) … Gerda Buddenbrook
– Episode #1.4 (1971) … Gerda Buddenbrook
– Episode #1.3 (1971) … Gerda Arnoldsen
 
1970 The Love Mates
Eva
 
1970 First Love
Mother
 
1970 Give Her the Moon
Madeleine de Lépine
 
1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Gabriella (uncredited)
 
1969 Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Ornella
 
1969 Il killer (TV mini-series)
 
1968 Istruttoria preliminare (TV mini-series)
 
1968 Listen, Let's Make Love
Lallo's Mother
 
1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare
Countess Bozo Bedoni
 
1968 Processi a porte aperte (TV mini-series)
Elvira Sharney
– Io difendo Elvira Sharney (1968) … Elvira Sharney
 
1966 Soleil noir
Maria
 
1965 Juliet of the Spirits
Valentina
 
1965 The Possessed
Irma
 
1964 I grandi camaleonti (TV series)
 
1964 The Visit
Mathilda Miller
 
1963 The Shortest Day (uncredited)
 
1963 The Evil Eye
Laura Craven-Torrani
 
1962 Story of San Michele
Eleonora Duse
 
1961 Barabbas
Julia
 
1961 Square of Violence
Erica Bernardi
 
1958 Love and Troubles
Marisa
 
1958 Decision (TV series)
– Night of the Stranger (1958)
 
1958 Love at First Sight
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Dr. Bruni
– Night of the Stranger (1958) … Dr. Bruni
 
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Adam Had Four Sons (1957)
 
1957 Dimentica il mio passato
 
1956 The Rocket from Calabuch
Eloisa, the Schoolmistress
 
1956 Faccia da mascalzone
 
1956 Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Fanny (uncredited)
 
1955 Le amiche
Nene
 
1955 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Luisa Pascoli
– Big Nick (1955) … Luisa Pascoli
 
1955 Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
 
1955 Magic Fire
Mathilde Wesendonk
 
1955 Il conte Aquila
Teresa Casati
 
1954 The Barefoot Contessa
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1954 Jailbirds
Moglie di Luprandi
 
1954 Marriage
Natalia Stefanovna Chubukova
 
1954 Angels of Darkness
Vally
 
1953 Lulù
Lulù
 
1953 The Walk
Lisa
 
1952 Secret People
Maria Brentano/Brent/Lena Collins
 
1951 The House on Telegraph Hill
Victoria Kowelska (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1951 La rivale dell'imperatrice
Principessa Tarakanova
 
1950 Shadow of the Eagle
Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1950 Women Without Names
Anna Petrovic - la jugoslava
 
1949 Malaya
Luana (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1949 Thieves' Highway
Rica (as Valentina Cortesa)
 
1949 Black Magic
Zoraida
 
1949 The Glass Mountain
Alida Morrosini
 
1948 Crossroads of Passion
Maria Pilar
 
1948 L'ebreo errante
Esther
 
1948 Les Misérables
Fantina / Cosetta
 
1947 Il corriere del re
Louise de Renal
 
1947 Bullet for Stefano
Barbara
 
1946 Roma città libera (La notte porta consiglio)
Typist
 
1946 Un americano in vacanza
Maria, La maestrina
 
1945 Chi l'ha visto?
Luisella
 
1945 Ten Commandments
(segment "Non nominare il nome di Dio invano")
 
1945 Responsibility Comes Back
Valentina
 
1943 Quattro ragazze sognano
Enrichetta Dorlence
 
1943 La carica degli eroi
 
1942 Giorni felici
Marianna
 
1942 3/4 of a Page
Valentina, la sua segretaria
 
1942 Orizzonte di sangue
Lidia
 
1942 Soltanto un bacio
Maria Renda/Luisa Renda
 
1942 Regina di Navarra
Eleonora d'Austria
 
1942 Girl of the Golden West
Madge / Juanita
 
1942 La cena delle beffe
Lisabetta
 
1941 First Love
Nerina Redi
 
1941 The Hero of Venice
Alina
 
1941 L'attore scomparso
 
1941 Orizzonte dipinto
 
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2007 Le ragazze di Milano (documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait (documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude (TV documentary)
Herself - audience in Venezia (uncredited)
 
1979 Food, Wine & Friends (TV series)
Herself
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1966 Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (TV documentary)
Herself
 

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When she lost her Oscar nomination for Day for Night against Ingrid Bergman, who won for Murder on the Orient Express, Bergman apologized in her acceptance speech, saying that Cortese deserved the award more. See more »

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