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Claude JosĂ©phine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 â 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 regardedâŠ
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Claude JosĂ©phine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 â 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 8Âœ (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.âItalian 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 clichĂ©, 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Claudia Cardinale's Filmography
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The Life of Mirrors
The Island of Forgiveness
as Agostina
Claudia la mystérieuse
as Self
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Rogue City
as Catarina Bastiani
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
as Self (archive footage)
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
as Self
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
as Self (archive footage)
Rudy Valentino
as Zia Rosa
No Poster
Dios de monoambiente
as Self (archive footage)
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
as IrĂšne Delamarche
No Poster
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
as Self
Una gita a Roma
as Marguerite
Nobili bugie
as Duchess
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Self
Nonnas on the Run
as Angela
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
The Blind and the Cardinal
as 'La Cardinale'
Belmondo by Belmondo
as Self (archive footage)
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Carmen
Twice Upon a Time in the West
as Claudia
No Poster
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
as Self
No Poster
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
as Self
Last Stop
as Rosa
The Silent Mountain
as Nuria Calzolari
Effie Gray
as Viscountess
Alberto il grande
as Self
No Poster
Joy de V.
as Signora Morosini
The Artist and the Model
as LĂ©a
Gebo and the Shadow
as Doroteia
The Years of Lost Images
as Self
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)
The Bardot mystery
Hollywood Invasion
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica
as Signora Enrica
Father
as Elvira
A View of Love
as La mĂšre de Marc
No Poster
Il giorno della Shoah
as Ester
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
Hollywood sul Tevere
The String
as Sara
La Traversée du désir
as Self
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
as CĂ©cile Deschamps
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
as Elisabeth
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
The Demon Stirs
as Claudia Cardinale
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
The Wages of Sin
as Self - Actress
Something to Do with Death
as Self - Actress
An Opera of Violence
as Self - Actress
The Last Sequence
as Self
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti
as Self
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Madame Falconetti
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama
as Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Donna Assunta
My Best Fiend
as Self
Riches, belles, etc.
as Baroness Mitsy
Sous les pieds des femmes
as Aya 1996
Stupor Mundi
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
Desert of Fire
as Leila
A Summer in La Goulette
as Claudia Cardinale
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
as Margaux
No Poster
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria
as Self
No Poster
Alex et Marie
as Narrator (voice)
Son of the Pink Panther
as Maria Gambrelli
588 rue Paradis
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Mother
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Drums of Fire
as Roxelane
Act of Sorrow
as Elena
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
as HĂ©lĂšne Larmier
The French Revolution
as Duchesse de Polignac
A Man in Love
as Julia Steiner
Woman of Wonders
as Maura
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Next Summer
as Jeanne
Claretta
as Miriam Petacci
Henry IV
as Matilda
The Ruffian
as La « Baronne »
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actress
Bankers Also Have Souls
as Antonella Dufour
Fitzcarraldo
as Molly
Famous T & A
as (archive footage)
The Skin
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
The Salamander
as Elena Leporello
Si salvi chi vuole
as Luisa
Escape to Athena
as Eleana
Corleone
as Rosa Accordino
The Gun
as Marta Compagna
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Francesca Modigliani
Fire's Share
as Catherine Hansen
Goodbye & Amen
as Aliki
I Am the Law
as Anna
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Pauline Bonaparte
A Common Sense of Modesty
as Armida Ballarin
Blonde in Black Leather
as Claudia
Libera, My Love
as Libera Valente
Midnight Pleasures
as Gabriella Sansoni
Conversation Piece
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Blood Brothers
as Lucia Esposito
One Russian Summer
as Anya
The Pariah
as Georgia Saratov
The Audience
as Aiche
A Girl in Australia
as Carmela
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Marie Sarrazin
Popsy Pop
as Popsy Pop
The Adventures of Gerard
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
The Red Tent
as Valeria
Diary of a Telephone Operator
as Marta Chiaretti
The Conspirators
as Giuditta Di Castro
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Jill
A Fine Pair
as Esmeralda Marini
The Hell with Heroes
as Elena
The Day of the Owl
as Rosa Nicolosi
Don't Make Waves
as Laura
A Rose for Everyone
as Rosa
The Professionals
as Maria
Blindfold
as Vicky Vicenti
Lost Command
as Aisha
The Queens
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
Sandra
as Sandra Dawson
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Maria Grazia
Time of Indifference
as Carla
Circus World
as Toni Alfredo
Bebo's Girl
as Mara
The Pink Panther
as The Princess Dala
The Leopard
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
8œ
as Claudia
Careless
as Angiolina Zarri
Cartouche
as VĂ©nus
Auguste
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Lions Are Loose
as Albertine Ferran
The Lovemakers
as Bianca
Girl with a Suitcase
as Aida Zepponi
Rocco and His Brothers
as Ginetta
The Dolphins
as Fedora Santini
Austerlitz
as Pauline Bonaparte
Il bell'Antonio
as Barbara Puglisi
Fiasco in Milan
as Carmelina Nicosia
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Maria
The Facts of Murder
as La servetta, Assuntina
The Magistrate
as Maria
Goha
as Amina
Venetian Honeymoon
as Angelica
South Wind
as Grazia Macri
3 Strangers in Rome
as Marisa
Big Deal on Madonna Street
as Carmelina
Algeria in Flames
as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)
Les Anneaux d'Or
as A young woman
Second to Nun
as Self - Festival Actress
No Poster
Rumore
No Poster