Caption: Still of Valentina Cortese, Sylva Koscina, Giulietta Masina and Mario Pisu in Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)
Actress
Born: January 1, 1923
Star sign: Capricorn
Known for: Day for Night (1973), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Source: IMDB
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 Les Misérables (1948) and Tempesta su Parigi (1948), playing both female leads, Fantine and Cosette (the film was a competent screen adaptation of ...