Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 1/1/1923 (101 years old)
  • Place of birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
La Classe américaine
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not available
1993

Comedy

TV Movie

7.9
77%
Not available
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Queen Ariadne / Violet
1988

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
70%
1977

Drama

8.5
77%
Day for Night
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 79%
role:
Severine
Not available
1973

Comedy

Drama

8.0
79%
Not available
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 65%
role:
Pica Di Bernardone
1972

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.2
65%
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1965

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
74%
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Laura Craven-Torrani
Not available
1963

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

7.0
71%
Not available
Barabbas
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 70%
role:
Julia
1961

Adventure

Drama

History

6.9
70%
The Barefoot Contessa
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
1954

Drama

6.9
69%
Secret People
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
Not available
1952

Crime

Drama

6.2
60%
Not available
1949

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.5
73%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Valentina Cortese are, for example, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Jesus of Nazareth and Brother Sun, Sister Moon.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and Filmin.
The best Anystream ratings are Jesus of Nazareth (8.1), Juliet of the Spirits (7.5) and Thieves' Highway (7.4).
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