Claudia Cardinale
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Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 – 23 September 2025) was an Italian actress. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Italian cinema, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she achieved international recognition during a career spanning more than six decades. Celebrated in the 1960s as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and widely considered a sex symbol of the era, Cardinale appeared in more than 175 films, primarily in Italy and France, across genres including comedy, drama, spaghetti westerns, and historical epics. She collaborated with acclaimed directors such as Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, and Werner Herzog, and several of her films are regarded as significant works in the history of cinema. At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of European cinema. Born and raised in La Goulette, a municipality in Tunisia near Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts, due above all to the involvement of producer Franco Cristaldi, who acted as her mentor for a number of years and later married her. After making her debut in a minor role with Egyptian star Omar Sharif in Goha (1958), Cardinale became one of the best-known actresses in Italy, with roles in films such as Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Girl with a Suitcase (1961), Cartouche (1962), The Leopard (1963) and Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963). From 1963, Cardinale appeared in The Pink Panther opposite David Niven. She went on to appear in the Hollywood films Blindfold (1966), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), The Red Tent (1969), A Fine Pair (1968), The Salamander (1981), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint U.S.–Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda. Jaded with Hollywood and not wanting to become a cliché, Cardinale returned to Italian and French cinema and garnered the David di Donatello for Best Actress award for her roles in The Day of the Owl (1968) and as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australia (1971).[1] In 1974, Cardinale met director Pasquale Squitieri, who would become her partner. She frequently featured in his films, including Blood Brothers (1974), Father of the Godfathers (1978) and Claretta (1984), the last of which won her the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Actress. In 1982, she starred in Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo as the love interest of Klaus Kinski, who raises the funds to buy a steamship in Peru. In 2010, Cardinale received the Best Actress Award at the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival for her performance as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student in Signora Enrica. Over the years, Cardinale was outspoken about women's rights and became a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights beginning in March 2000. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Cardinale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
as Jill
The Pink Panther (1963)
as The Princess Dala
8½ (1963)
as Claudia
The Leopard (1963)
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
The Professionals (1966)
as Maria
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
as Maria Gambrelli
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
as Ginetta
All Roads Lead to Rome (2016)
as Carmen
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
as Molly
Escape to Athena (1979)
as Eleana
Effie Gray (2014)
as Viscountess
Rogue City (2020)
as Catarina Bastiani
Don't Make Waves (1967)
as Laura
A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
as Claudia Cardinale
Conversation Piece (1974)
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti (2002)
as Self
Father (2011)
as Elvira
My Best Fiend (1999)
as Self
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
as Marie Sarrazin
Mother (1991)
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Austerlitz (1960)
as Pauline Bonaparte
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
as Carmelina
The Salamander (1981)
as Elena Leporello
The Day of the Owl (1968)
as Rosa Nicolosi
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Lost Command (1966)
as Aisha
Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
as Aida Zepponi
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Artist and the Model (2012)
as Léa
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
as Pauline Bonaparte
The French Revolution (1989)
as Duchesse de Polignac
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés (2007)
as Elisabeth
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
as Elena
I Am the Law (1977)
as Anna
Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969)
as Marta Chiaretti
A Fine Pair (1968)
as Esmeralda Marini
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
as Madame Falconetti
The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
as Maria Grazia
Goha (1959)
as Amina
The Magic of Fellini (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Careless (1962)
as Angiolina Zarri
The Pariah (1972)
as Georgia Saratov
The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
Il bell'Antonio (1960)
as Barbara Puglisi
We Are Cinema (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Red Tent (1969)
as Valeria
Circus World (1964)
as Toni Alfredo
Next Summer (1985)
as Jeanne
The Skin (1981)
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
as Antonella Dufour
Time of Indifference (1964)
as Carla
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
as Francesca Modigliani
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
as Self
Sandra (1965)
as Sandra Dawson
A Man in Love (1987)
as Julia Steiner
The Queens (1966)
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
A View of Love (2010)
as La mère de Marc
Bebo's Girl (1964)
as Mara
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)
as Self
The Conspirators (1969)
as Giuditta Di Castro
Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
as Doroteia
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
as Self - Actress
588 rue Paradis (1992)
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Fiasco in Milan (1959)
as Carmelina Nicosia
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Girl in Australia (1971)
as Carmela
The Silent Mountain (2014)
as Nuria Calzolari
Fire's Share (1978)
as Catherine Hansen
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
as Self
Famous T & A (1982)
as (archive footage)
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
as Armida Ballarin
A Rose for Everyone (1967)
as Rosa
Blindfold (1966)
as Vicky Vicenti
The Gun (1978)
as Marta Compagna
Midnight Pleasures (1975)
as Gabriella Sansoni
Something to Do with Death (2003)
as Self - Actress
Cartouche (1962)
as Vénus
Drums of Fire (1990)
as Roxelane
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
Blonde in Black Leather (1975)
as Claudia
The Wages of Sin (2003)
as Self - Actress
The Years of Lost Images (2012)
as Self
Piccolina bella (—)
Actor
Sous les pieds des femmes (1997)
as Aya 1996
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989)
as Hélène Larmier
Claretta (1984)
as Miriam Petacci
Popsy Pop (1971)
as Popsy Pop
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad (2009)
as Self
Goodbye & Amen (1977)
as Aliki
Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Fellinopolis (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
Stupor Mundi (1997)
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
One Russian Summer (1973)
as Anya
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Albertine Ferran
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Auguste (1961)
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Les Anneaux d'Or (1956)
as A young woman
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook (2008)
as Cécile Deschamps
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover (2015)
as Self
The Ruffian (1983)
as La « Baronne »
Desert of Fire (1997)
as Leila
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (2004)
as Self
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Facts of Murder (1959)
as La servetta, Assuntina
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
as Maria
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006)
as Self
Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica (2011)
as Signora Enrica
The Lovemakers (1961)
as Bianca
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Una gita a Roma (2017)
as Marguerite
Venetian Honeymoon (1959)
as Angelica
The Magistrate (1959)
as Maria
The Blind and the Cardinal (2016)
as 'La Cardinale'
Cinéma Jacques Perrin (2014)
as Self
The Dolphins (1960)
as Fedora Santini
Henry IV (1984)
as Matilda
Woman of Wonders (1985)
as Maura
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth (1997)
as Self
Twice Upon a Time in the West (2015)
as Claudia
An Opera of Violence (2003)
as Self - Actress
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (1994)
as Margaux
Last Stop (2014)
as Rosa
The Demon Stirs (2005)
as Claudia Cardinale
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils (2017)
as Irène Delamarche
Blood Brothers (1974)
as Lucia Esposito
Corleone (1978)
as Rosa Accordino
Si salvi chi vuole (1980)
as Luisa
3 Strangers in Rome (1958)
as Marisa
Libera, My Love (1975)
as Libera Valente
Por un puñado de sueños (2004)
as Self - Interviewee
Rumore (—)
Actor
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo (2017)
as Self
Joy de V. (2013)
as Signora Morosini
The Audience (1972)
as Aiche
The String (2009)
as Sara
Alberto il grande (2013)
as Self
Riches, belles, etc. (1998)
as Baroness Mitsy
Nonnas on the Run (2017)
as Angela
Second to Nun (—)
as Self - Festival Actress
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne (2019)
as Self
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001)
as Self
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria (1994)
as Self
Il giorno della Shoah (2010)
as Ester
Act of Sorrow (1990)
as Elena
Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
as Donna Assunta
The Last Sequence (2003)
as Self
Claudia la mystérieuse (2022)
as Self
Dios de monoambiente (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale (2017)
as Self
The Island of Forgiveness (2022)
as Agostina
Rudy Valentino (2018)
as Zia Rosa
Algeria in Flames (1958)
as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)
South Wind (1959)
as Grazia Macri
Alex et Marie (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Nobili bugie (2017)
as Duchess