Valentina Cortese

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Born: 1 January 1923 Died: 10 July 2019

Country of origin: Italy

Partner: Richard Basehart

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Description: Valentina Cortese was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, in 1923. She made her movie debut in 1940 and played many "ingenue" parts in Italian films of that period, before making a real sensation in Caccia all'uomo (1948) and Tempesta su Parigi (1948), playing both female leads, Fantine and Cosette (the film was a competent screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic "Les misérables"). The international success of the British-made melodrama The Glass Mountain (1949) brought her some Hollywood offers: she was very sensual as a truck-driver's mistress in Jules Dassin's film noir Mercado de ladrones (1949) and par ... (more)

Tags: Died 2019 (2), Italian (1), Actress (1), Born 1923 (1), Died Aged 96 (1), Oscar Nominated Actress (1)

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