Back فالانتينا كورتس Arabic فالنتينا كورتيز ARZ Valentina Cortese AST Валянціна Картэзэ BE ভালেন্তিনা কোরতেজা Bengali/Bangla Valentina Cortese Catalan ڤالانتینا کۆرتس CKB Valentina Cortese CY Valentina Cortese Danish Valentina Cortese German
Valentina Cortese | |
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 Cortese in The Jester's Supper (1942) | |
| Born | Valentina Elena Cortese Rossi di Coenzo 1 January 1923 Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 10 July 2019 (aged 96) Milan, Italy |
| Other names | Valentina Cortesa |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–1993 |
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| Children | Jackie Basehart |
Valentina Elena Cortese Rossi di Coenzo (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019), sometimes credited as Valentina Cortesa,[1][2] was an Italian film and theatre actress.[3][4][5] 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.[3] 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."[6]
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- ^ Crowther, Bosley (30 September 1954). "'The Barefoot Contessa' Arrives at Capitol". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ a b Bergan, Ronald; Lane, John Francis (10 July 2019). "Valentina Cortese obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Attanasio, Debora (10 July 2019). "È morta Valentina Cortese, la gran dama del cinema dal foulard perenne". Marie Claire (in Italian). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Formenti, Christina (2019). Valentina Cortese: Un'attrice intermediale. Mimesis Edizioni. ISBN 9788857551043.
- ^ "CORTESE, Valentina - Enciclopedia". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2025.