Acting
Valentina Cortese
- Titles
- 78movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1941 to 1994, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 39top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Day for Night90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Politics3.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Wonder4.0average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.8, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.9, average 5.1
- Violence3.3, average 4.3
- Coming of Age2.0, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Italian Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Melancholy 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Character Study 3
- Tragic Romance 3
- Psychological Depth 3
- Psychological Drama 2
- Complex Characters 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Rossano BrazziActorThe Barefoot Contessa, Girl of the Golden West, Il bravo di Venezia, Il passatore, Il Conte Aquila
Cesare ZavattiniWriterAngels of Darkness, Rome: Free City, Quarta pagina, Il passatore, La passeggiata
Paolo StoppaActorUn americano in vacanza, Giorni felici, La passeggiata, Il Conte Aquila
Leonardo CorteseActorPrimo amore, Adriana Lecouvreur, Giorni felici, Il Conte Aquila- MMario SerandreiEditorThe Girl Who Knew Too Much, The Jester's Supper, Il passatore, Giorni felici
- OOtello ColangeliEditorLes Misérables, Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris, L'ebreo errante, La passeggiata
Gino CavalieriActorLes Misérables, Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris, Quarta pagina
Richard BasehartActorThe House on Telegraph Hill, Love and Troubles, Jailbirds
Gino CerviActorLes Misérables, Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris, Quarta pagina
Gabriele FerzettiActorAppassionata, Le Amiche, Adriana Lecouvreur
Gianni CavinaActorFacciaffittasi, The Big Operator, Facciaffittasi
Carlo CampaniniActorChi l'ha visto?, Il passatore, Soltanto un bacio
Movies and TV shows
801990s
3 titles · average score 73
70
as Madre Superiora
77
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Serafina Tannenbaum
1980s
8 titles · average score 50
64
TV show · as Donna Prassede
71
as Queen Ariadne / Violet
as Gina Grandi
TV show · as Gina Grandi
38
as madre di Guido
as Rachele Cigno
as Caterina de Dominicis
29
as Rose Valdez
1970s
21 titles · average score 62
39
as Elena Merrill
as Wilma/Leonilde Bosco Casagrande
90
as Herodius
as Dolores
67
as Grazia Filippini
57
as Elisa Rutelli
90
as Séverine
60
as Luisa Sola
57
as Pica Di Bernardone
54
as Natalia Trotsky
56
as Madeleine de Lépine
67
as Mutter
1960s
12 titles · average score 68
as Ornella
TV show
55
as Countess Bozo Bedoni
as Lallo's Mother
as Maria
57
as Irma
79
as Valentina
68
as Mathilda Miller
69
as Laura Craven-Torrani
as Eleonora Duse
as Erica Bernardi
78
as Julia
1950s
16 titles · average score 70
as Marisa
76
as Eloísa, la maestra de escuela
87
as Nene
as Teresa Casati
53
as Mathilde Wesendonk
as Adriana Lecouvreur
as Vally
78
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
as Lisa
62
as Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins
65
as Victoria Kowelska
as Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
1940s
20 titles · average score 64
87
as Rica
58
as Luana
53
as Zoraida
62
as Alida Morrosini
64
as Fantine
as Cosetta
as Ester
as Barbara
58
as La ragazza
as Maria
as Luisella
as Nerina Redi