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Valentina Cortese

1923-01-01

The 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.

Valentina Cortese in

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Barabbas

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

7 average rating
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Appassionata

5.6 average rating
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Day for Night

7.8 average rating
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much

6.961 average rating
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Juliet of the Spirits

7.3 average rating
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La Classe américaine

7.68 average rating
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon

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When Time Ran Out...

5.3 average rating
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Thieves' Highway

7.3 average rating
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The Barefoot Contessa

6.8 average rating
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Le Amiche

6.8 average rating
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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

6.8 average rating
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The House on Telegraph Hill

6.3 average rating
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The Possessed

6.9 average rating
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The Assassination of Trotsky

5.1 average rating
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The Visit

7 average rating
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The Rocket from Calabuch

7.4 average rating
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The Legend of Lylah Clare

6.1 average rating
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Kidnap Syndicate

6.8 average rating