As Actor
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
7.0
Valentina Cortese
Acting
Birth Date
January 1, 1923
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Date of Death
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Story of San Michele
1962
4.0
As Actor
Barabbas
1961
6.9
As Actor
Square of Violence
1961
6.3
As Actor
Le Amiche
1955
6.7
As Actor
Magic Fire
1955
4.8
As Actor
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
6.8
As Actor
Secret People
1952
6.3
As Actor
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
6.4
As Actor
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
6.3
As Actor
Thieves' Highway
1949
7.3
As Actor
The Glass Mountain
1949
6.0
As Actor
Il passatore
1947
4.7
As Actor
No One Comes Back
1945
5.0
As Actor
The Jester's Supper
1942
6.1