Valentina Cortese: Valentina Cortese. Actress: Day for Night. Valentina Cortese was born in Milan on New Year's Day of 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...
Known For: Day for Night (Séverine), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Queen AriadneViolet), The Barefoot Contessa (Eleanora Torlato-Favrini(as Valentina Cortesa)), The Girlfriends (Nene)