Leonardo Cortese
Actor, film director

Leonardo Cortese

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Actor, film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
Italy
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ActorFilm directorScreenwriterStage actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
24 May 1916(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Death:
31 October 1984(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Leonardo Cortese (24 May 1916 – 31 October 1984) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in 39 films between 1938 and 1962. He also directed eight films between 1952 and 1967. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.

Selected filmography

  • The Widow (1939)
  • First Love (1941)
  • The Queen of Navarre (1942)
  • Yes, Madam (1942)
  • Un garibaldino al convento (1942)
  • The Three Pilots (1942)
  • The Ways of Sin (1946)
  • Cab Number 13 (1948)
  • The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
  • A Night of Fame (1949)
  • Feathers in the Wind (1950)
  • Song of Spring (1951)

Miniseries

  • Romeo e Giulietta dir. Franco Enriquez (1954), as Mercuzio
  • L'armadietto cinese (1956)
  • Il club dei suicidi (1957), from Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Così per gioco as director (1979)