About
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.
Filmography
Diva!2017
Le ragazze di Milano2007 · Self
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema2001 · Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography2000 · Self
Sparrow1994 · Madre Superiora
La Classe américaine1993 · The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster's Bedroom1991 · Serafina Tannenbaum
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988 · Queen Ariadne / Violet
Facciaffittasi1988 · Gina Grandi
Via Montenapoleone1987 · madre di Guido
Blue Tango1987 · Rachele Cigno
La Ferdinanda. Sonate für eine Medici-Villa1981 · Caterina de Dominicis
When Time Ran Out...1980 · Rose Valdez
Ring of Darkness1979 · Elena Merrill
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...1978 · Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
Widows' Nest1977 · Dolores
The Big Operator1976 · Witwe
Nick the Sting1976 · Regina
Son tornate a fiorire le rose1975 · Sabina Foschini
Kidnap Syndicate1975 · Grazia Filippini