Valentina Cortese
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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…
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · TV
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Appassionata
1974 · Movie
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Movie
I promessi sposi
1989 · TV
Barabbas
1961 · Movie
Day for Night
1973 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Movie
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Movie
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Movie