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  • BIRTH 15/04/1938
  • Country Tunisia
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 68

Claudia Cardinale

Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in European films in the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English.

Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of 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 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 the 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 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 (1965), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint US-Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, and Henry Fonda.

Jaded with the Hollywood film industry 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 Il giorno della civetta (1968) and as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australia (1971). In 1974, Cardinale met director Pasquale Squitieri, who would become her partner, and she frequently featured in his films, including I guappi (1974), Corleone (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.

Outspoken on women's rights causes over the years, Cardinale has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defense of Women's Rights since March 2000. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history.

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Claudia Cardinale

Shows (5)

The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Nostromo
Nostromo
Teresa Viola
Princess Daisy
Princess Daisy
Annabelle de Fourdemont Valensky
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
Self

Movies (68)

Bronx
Bronx
Catarina Bastiani
C'era una volta il West
C'era una volta il West
Jill
Il gattopardo
Il gattopardo
Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
La Scoumoune
La Scoumoune
Georgia Saratov
Cartouche
Cartouche
Vénus
The Professionals
The Professionals
Maria
Claudia
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther
The Princess Dala
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Ginetta
La Révolution française
La Révolution française
Duchesse de Polignac
Un balcon sur la mer
Un balcon sur la mer
La mère de Marc
All Roads Lead to Rome
All Roads Lead to Rome
Carmen
The Silent Mountain
The Silent Mountain
Nuria Calzolari
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
Hélène Larmier
Le Ruffian
Le Ruffian
La 'baronne'
Les pétroleuses
Les pétroleuses
Marie Sarrazin
Effie Gray
Effie Gray
Viscountess
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
Molly
Escape to Athena
Escape to Athena
Eleana
Lost Command
Lost Command
Aisha
Le fil
Le fil
Sara
La viaccia
La viaccia
Bianca
I soliti ignoti
I soliti ignoti
Carmelina
Il bell'Antonio
Il bell'Antonio
Barbara Puglisi
Austerlitz
Austerlitz
Pauline Bonaparte
Le Cadeau
Le Cadeau
Antonella Dufour
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
Self (archive footage)
Hold-up à l'italienne
Hold-up à l'italienne
Cécile Deschamps
Gebo et l'ombre
Gebo et l'ombre
Doroteia
Son of the Pink Panther
Son of the Pink Panther
Maria Gambrelli
Libera, amore mio...
Libera, amore mio...
Libera Valente
Certo, certissimo, anzi... probabile
Certo, certissimo, anzi... probabile
Marta Chiaretti
Un homme amoureux
Un homme amoureux
Julia Steiner
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere
Gabriella Sansoni
Il giorno della civetta
Il giorno della civetta
Rosa Nicolosi
El artista y la modelo
El artista y la modelo
Léa
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
Self
Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Vento del Sud
Vento del Sud
Grazia Macri
La Petite Fille en velours bleu
La Petite Fille en velours bleu
Francesca Modigliani
Circus World
Circus World
Toni Alfredo
Mein liebster Feind
Mein liebster Feind
Self
Les lions sont lâchés
Les lions sont lâchés
Albertine Ferran
Saeif Halq Al Wadi
Saeif Halq Al Wadi
Self
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Self
L'Été prochain
L'Été prochain
Jeanne
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
Carmelina Nicosia
Joy de V.
Joy de V.
Signora Morosini
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Self - Actress
Senilità
Senilità
Angiolina Zarri
Le Démon de midi
Le Démon de midi
Claudia Cardinale
Goha
Goha
Amina
Qui comincia l'avventura
Qui comincia l'avventura
Claudia
Un maledetto imbroglio
Un maledetto imbroglio
La servetta, Assuntina
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage)
L'arma
L'arma
Marta Compagna
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
Elisabeth
Красная палатка
Красная палатка
Valeria
La ragazza con la valigia
La ragazza con la valigia
Aida Zepponi
The Salamander
The Salamander
Elena Leporello
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
Sandra Dawson
588 rue Paradis
588 rue Paradis
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Donna Assunta
Enrico IV
Enrico IV
Matilda
Popsy Pop
Popsy Pop
Popsy Pop
La prima notte
La prima notte
Angelica
Gli indifferenti
Gli indifferenti
Carla
Mayrig
Mayrig
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian