Valentina Cortese

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A partial filmography:. She also appeared in the Franco Zeffirelli miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (movie). She was also nominated for a Cesar Award for her roles in:. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in La Nuit américaine. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer David Bailey. Valentina Cortese (born January 1, 1925) is an Italian actress. She is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and is the mother of two children: Christian Vadim (born 1963), by her relationship with the director Roger Vadim, and Chiara Mastroianni (born 1972), by her four-year relationship with Marcello Mastroianni.

She won the Cesar Award for Best Actress a second time for her starring role in the 1992 film, Indochine and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the same performance. She won the Cesar Award for Best Actress in 1981 for her performance in Le Dernier métro. Her breakthroughs came with the musical film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (Jacques Demy, 1964), the late Surrealist masterpiece Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967), and the Franco-English production Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965). Born Catherine Dorléac to the actor Maurice Teynac (né Dorléac) and his wife Renée Deneuve, she made her movie debut in the 1956 film "Les Collegiennes," when she was still a teenager (her elder sister, Françoise Dorléac, 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash).

Catherine Deneuve (born October 22, 1943) is a French actress, born in Paris, France. A Tribute to Gainsbourg, Catherine Deneuve interprète... (http://www.gainsbourg.org/vrsn3/html/disco/interpretes/interpretes_catherinedeneuve.html). Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Jacques Demny), (1964). Repulsion (Roman Polanski), (1965).

La vie de château (1966). Les demoiselles de Rochefort (Jacques Demy), (1967). Belle de jour (Luis Buñuel), (1967). Mayerling (Alain Resnais), (1968).

La sirène du Mississippi (François Truffaut), (1969). Peau d'âne (1970). Courage fuyons (1979). Le dernier métro (François Truffaut), (1980).

Fort Saganne (1984). Drole d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988). Indochine (1992). Place Vendôme (1998).

Dancer In The Dark (Lars von Trier), (2001). 1976 - Le Sauvage. 1982 - Hôtel des Amériques. 1988 - Agent trouble.

1989 - Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre. 1994 - Ma saison préférée. 1997 - Les Voleurs. 1999 - Place Vendôme.

2001 - 8 Women (8 Femmes).