Valentina Cortese Dies: Italian Actress Oscar-Nominated For François Truffaut’s ‘Day For Night’ Was 96
, has died aged 96, according to Italian news service Ansa.
The prolific actress, whose career spanned more than 50 years, started out in Italian films of the early 1940s, leading to internationally acclaimed roles in Riccardo Freda’s 1948 Italian movie, which led to a number of roles in American features. with Spencer Tracy and James Stewart, Jules Dassin’swith Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner.The Adventures Of Baron MunchausenBorn in Milan in 1923, Cortese married Richard Basehart, her co-star in, in 1951.
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