8.2
8.2
Diva!
2017
Valentina Cortese
Also known as: Valentina Cortesa, Valentina Elena Cortese Rossi di Coenzo
Acting
Nationality:Italy
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Valentina Elena Cortese Rossi di Coenzo (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019), sometimes credited as Valentina Cortesa, was an Italian film and theatre actress. Her screen career spanned over 100 productions across over five decades, from 1941 until 1993. Cortese won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in the film Day for Night (1973). In 2013, she received the French Order of Arts and Letters. Over the course of her career, Cortese worked with many important Italian and international directors, including Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, François Truffaut, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Terry Gilliam. She was also active on stage, particularly in the company of Giorgio Strehler. Critic Morando Morandini described her as "one of the last divas of Italian theatre.... a mix of floral liberty, subdued decadence, belated D'Annunzio-ism and neurotic modern sensibility."
Filmography (85 movies)
7.8
7.8
Day for Night
1973
as Séverine
7.5
7.5
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'
1965
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
7.4
7.4
Sparrow
1994
as Madre Superiora
7.2
7.2
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
as Valentina
7.2
7.2
Thieves' Highway
1949
as Rica
7.1
7.1
The Visit
1964
as Mathilda Miller
7.0
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Pica Di Bernardone
7.0
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
7.0
7.0
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
as Laura Craven-Torrani
6.9
6.9
Barabbas
1961
as Julia
6.8
6.8
The Possessed
1965
as Irma
6.8
6.8
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
as Fanny
6.8
6.8
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
6.7
6.7
Nick the Sting
1976
as Regina
6.7
6.7
Le Amiche
1955
as Nene
6.6
6.6
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
as Grazia Filippini
6.5
6.5
Malaya
1949
as Luana
6.5
6.5
Il matrimonio
1954
6.4
6.4
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
as Victoria Kowelska
6.3
6.3
Secret People
1952
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
6.3
6.3
Square of Violence
1961
as Erica Bernardi
6.3
6.3
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self
6.3
6.3
Black Magic
1949
as Zoraida
6.3
6.3
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
6.2
6.2
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
as Self
6.0
6.0
Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Madge
6.0
6.0
Les Misérables
1948
as Fantine
6.0
6.0
The Glass Mountain
1949
as Alida Morrosini
6.0
6.0
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
as Cosetta
5.9
5.9
Love and Troubles
1958
as Marisa
5.9
5.9
The Jester's Supper
1942
as Lisabetta
5.9
5.9
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
5.7
5.7
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975
as Olghina Franchetti
5.7
5.7
Appassionata
1974
as Elisa Rutelli
5.6
5.6
Give Her the Moon
1970
as Madeleine de Lépine
5.4
5.4
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
as Ornella
5.4
5.4
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Rose Valdez
5.3
5.3
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
as Sabina Foschini
5.3
5.3
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
as Luisa Sola
5.2
5.2
First Love
1970
as Mutter
5.2
5.2
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
as Madame Sobieski
5.1
5.1
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Natalia Trotsky
5.0
5.0
No One Comes Back
1945
as Valentina
4.9
4.9
Rome: Free City
1946
as La ragazza
4.8
4.8
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
4.7
4.7
The Boat on the Grass
1971
as Catherine
4.7
4.7
Il passatore
1947
as Barbara
4.6
4.6
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Elena Merrill
4.5
4.5
The Big Operator
1976
as Witwe
4.3
4.3
Amore mio non farmi male
1974
as Sabina Foschini
4.2
4.2
The Love Mates
1970
as Eva
4.2
4.2
Magic Fire
1955
as Mathilde Wesendonk
4.2
4.2
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968
as Lallo's Mother
4.0
4.0
Story of San Michele
1962
as Eleonora Duse
4.0
4.0
Black Sun
1966
as Maria
4.0
4.0
Tender Dracula
1974
4.0
4.0
Jailbirds
1954
as Luprandi's wife
3.4
3.4
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as madre di Guido
3.0
3.0
Buster's Bedroom
1991
as Serafina Tannenbaum
2.5
2.5
Angels of Darkness
1954
as Vally
2.0
2.0
Blue Tango
1987
as Rachele Cigno
2.0
2.0
The Kiss
1974
as Elizabeth Blixen
Facciaffittasi
1988
as Gina Grandi
Widows' Nest
1977
as Dolores
Il bravo di Venezia
1941
as Alina
4 girls dream
1943
La passeggiata
1953
as Lisa
Soltanto un bacio
1942
as Maria Renda / Luisa Renda
Il corriere del re
1947
Giorni felici
1943
as Marianna
Primo amore
1941
as Nerina Redi
L'ebreo errante
1948
as Ester
Crossroads of Passion
1948
as Maria Pilar
Il Conte Aquila
1955
as Teresa Casati
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
as Luisella
Lulù
1953
Orizzonte di sangue
1942
L'attore scomparso
1941
Quarta pagina
1942
as Valentina
La regina di Navarra
1942
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
as Adriana Lecouvreur
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
as Self
Un americano in vacanza
1946
as Maria
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