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
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
as Ginetta
The Leopard (1963)
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
as Molly
The Professionals (1966)
as Maria
Escape to Athena (1979)
as Eleana
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
as Maria Gambrelli
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
as Carmelina
Rogue City (2020)
as Catarina Bastiani
Effie Gray (2014)
as Viscountess
The French Revolution (1989)
as Duchesse de Polignac
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
as Pauline Bonaparte
Burden of Dreams (1982)
as Self - Actress
Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
as Aida Zepponi
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Mother (1991)
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
All Roads Lead to Rome (2016)
as Carmen
Popsy Pop (1971)
as Popsy Pop
The Red Tent (1969)
as Valeria
The Dolphins (1960)
as Fedora Santini
Lost Command (1966)
as Aisha
The Salamander (1981)
as Elena Leporello
Don't Make Waves (1967)
as Laura
The Pariah (1972)
as Georgia Saratov
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Il bell'Antonio (1960)
as Barbara Puglisi
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)
as Self
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
as Elena
The Skin (1981)
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
as Francesca Modigliani
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
as Marie Sarrazin
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
as Antonella Dufour
A Man in Love (1987)
as Julia Steiner
A Fine Pair (1968)
as Esmeralda Marini
Conversation Piece (1974)
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Time of Indifference (1964)
as Carla
Circus World (1964)
as Toni Alfredo
Famous T & A (1982)
as (archive footage)
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
My Best Fiend (1999)
as Self
588 rue Paradis (1992)
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
as Maria Grazia
The Day of the Owl (1968)
as Rosa Nicolosi
Fiasco in Milan (1959)
as Carmelina Nicosia
Auguste (1961)
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Ruffian (1983)
as La « Baronne »
Fellinopolis (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
One Russian Summer (1973)
as Anya
Sandra (1965)
as Sandra Dawson
The Silent Mountain (2014)
as Nuria Calzolari
Cartouche (1962)
as Vénus
Goha (1959)
as Amina
Careless (1962)
as Angiolina Zarri
Goodbye & Amen (1977)
as Aliki
A View of Love (2010)
as La mère de Marc
The Queens (1966)
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
The Artist and the Model (2012)
as Léa
Blood Brothers (1974)
as Lucia Esposito
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
as Pauline Bonaparte
Blindfold (1966)
as Vicky Vicenti
A Girl in Australia (1971)
as Carmela
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
as Self
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
as Madame Falconetti
The Gun (1978)
as Marta Compagna
Father (2011)
as Elvira
The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
Next Summer (1985)
as Jeanne
Venetian Honeymoon (1959)
as Angelica
Desert of Fire (1997)
as Leila
The Lovemakers (1961)
as Bianca
We Are Cinema (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Drums of Fire (1990)
as Roxelane
Midnight Pleasures (1975)
as Gabriella Sansoni
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
as Armida Ballarin
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
as Self
The String (2009)
as Sara
Bebo's Girl (1964)
as Mara
Claretta (1984)
as Miriam Petacci
The Demon Stirs (2005)
as Claudia Cardinale
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989)
as Hélène Larmier
The Facts of Murder (1959)
as La servetta, Assuntina
The Audience (1972)
as Aiche
Alberto il grande (2013)
as Self
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Last Stop (2014)
as Rosa
Woman of Wonders (1985)
as Maura
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils (2017)
as Irène Delamarche
Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969)
as Marta Chiaretti
Nonnas on the Run (2017)
as Angela
I Am the Law (1977)
as Anna
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth (1997)
as Self
Blonde in Black Leather (1975)
as Claudia
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
as Maria
Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
as Doroteia
The Conspirators (1969)
as Giuditta Di Castro
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
A Rose for Everyone (1967)
as Rosa
Stupor Mundi (1997)
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
Sous les pieds des femmes (1997)
as Aya 1996
Corleone (1978)
as Rosa Accordino
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic of Fellini (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Fire's Share (1978)
as Catherine Hansen
The Wages of Sin (2003)
as Self - Actress
Joy de V. (2013)
as Signora Morosini
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006)
as Self
Henry IV (1984)
as Matilda
South Wind (1959)
as Grazia Macri
Luchino Visconti (2002)
as Self
Rumore (—)
Actor
Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
as Donna Assunta
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover (2015)
as Self
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés (2007)
as Elisabeth
Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Something to Do with Death (2003)
as Self - Actress
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
3 Strangers in Rome (1958)
as Marisa
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Second to Nun (—)
as Self - Festival Actress
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Albertine Ferran
Libera, My Love (1975)
as Libera Valente
Les Anneaux d'Or (1956)
as A young woman
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
as Self
Twice Upon a Time in the West (2015)
as Claudia
The Magistrate (1959)
as Maria
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook (2008)
as Cécile Deschamps
Piccolina bella (—)
Actor
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica (2011)
as Signora Enrica
An Opera of Violence (2003)
as Self - Actress
The Last Sequence (2003)
as Self
Una gita a Roma (2017)
as Marguerite
The Years of Lost Images (2012)
as Self
Act of Sorrow (1990)
as Elena
The Island of Forgiveness (2022)
as Agostina
Nobili bugie (2017)
as Duchess
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001)
as Self
Cinéma Jacques Perrin (2014)
as Self
Si salvi chi vuole (1980)
as Luisa
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad (2009)
as Self
Dios de monoambiente (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Algeria in Flames (1958)
as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)
Alex et Marie (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Riches, belles, etc. (1998)
as Baroness Mitsy
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale (2017)
as Self
The Blind and the Cardinal (2016)
as 'La Cardinale'
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (1994)
as Margaux
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne (2019)
as Self
Por un puñado de sueños (2004)
as Self - Interviewee
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria (1994)
as Self
Il giorno della Shoah (2010)
as Ester
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo (2017)
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (2004)
as Self
Claudia la mystérieuse (2022)
as Self
Rudy Valentino (2018)
as Zia Rosa