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person_profile-Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale Age: 87

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Apr 15, 1938

Country of birth:

Tunisia

Biography of

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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Filmography of

Claudia Cardinale

Found 128 Movies in total

The Island of Forgiveness

Agostina ( Actor )

... 2022

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Fellinopolis

Self - Actress (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Rogue City

Catarina Bastiani ( Actor )

... 2020

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Una gita a Roma

Marguerite ( Actor )

... 2017

Nobili bugie

Duchess ( Actor )

... 2017

Nonnas on the Run

Angela ( Actor )

... 2017

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

Belmondo by Belmondo

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

All Roads Lead to Rome

Carmen ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2015

Last Stop

Rosa ( Actor )

... 2014

The Silent Mountain

Nuria Calzolari ( Actor )

... 2014

Effie Gray

Viscountess ( Actor )

... 2014

Alberto il grande

Self ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

Gebo and the Shadow

Doroteia ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

A View of Love

La mère de Marc ( Actor )

... 2010

The String

Sara ( Actor )

... 2009

... 2009

Il falso bugiardo

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

... 2006

... 2006

The Demon Stirs

Claudia Cardinale ( Actor )

... 2005

Por un puñado de sueños

Self - Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2004

The Last Sequence

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2003

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

Madame Falconetti ( Actor )

... 2002

The Magic of Fellini

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Luchino Visconti

Self ( Actor )

... 1999

Li chiamarono... briganti!

Donna Assunta ( Actor )

... 1999

My Best Fiend

Self ( Actor )

... 1999

Riches, belles, etc.

Baroness Mitsy ( Actor )

... 1998

Desert of Fire

Leila ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1996

... 1994

Son of the Pink Panther

Maria Gambrelli ( Actor )

... 1993

588 rue Paradis

Alexandre ( Actor )

... 1992

Mother

Araxi (Mayrig) ( Actor )

... 1991

Drums of Fire

Roxelane ( Actor )

... 1990

Act of Sorrow

Elena ( Actor )

... 1990

Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre

Hélène Larmier ( Actor )

... 1989

The French Revolution

Duquesa de Polignac ( Actor )

... 1989

A Man in Love

Julia Steiner ( Actor )

... 1987

History

Ida Mancuso ( Actor )

... 1986

Woman of Wonders

Maura ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Next Summer

Jeanne ( Actor )

... 1985

Claretta

Miriam Petacci ( Actor )

... 1984

Henry IV

Matilda ( Actor )

... 1984

The Ruffian

La 'baronne' ( Actor )

... 1983

Burden of Dreams

Self - Actress ( Actor )

... 1982

Bankers Also Have Souls

Antonella Dufour ( Actor )

... 1982

Fitzcarraldo

Molly ( Actor )

... 1982

Famous T & A

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

The Skin

Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo ( Actor )

... 1981

The Salamander

Elena Leporello ( Actor )

... 1981

Si salvi chi vuole

Luisa ( Actor )

... 1980

Escape to Athena

Eleana ( Actor )

... 1979

Corleone

Rosa Accordino ( Actor )

... 1978

The Gun

Marta Compagna ( Actor )

... 1978

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

Francesca Modigliani ( Actor )

... 1978

Fire's Share

Catherine Hansen ( Actor )

... 1978

Goodbye & Amen

Aliki ( Actor )

... 1977

I Am the Law

Anna Torrini ( Actor )

... 1977

Jesus of Nazareth

The Adulteress ( Actor )

... 1977

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

Pauline Bonaparte ( Actor )

... 1977

A Common Sense of Modesty

Armida Ballarin ( Actor )

... 1976

Blonde in Black Leather

Claudia ( Actor )

... 1975

Libera, My Love

Libera Valente ( Actor )

... 1975

Midnight Pleasures

Gabriella Sansoni ( Actor )

... 1975

Conversation Piece

Professor's Wife (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

Blood Brothers

Lucia Esposito ( Actor )

... 1974

One Russian Summer

Anya ( Actor )

... 1973

The Pariah

Georgia Saratov ( Actor )

... 1972

The Audience

Aiche ( Actor )

... 1972

A Girl in Australia

Carmela ( Actor )

... 1971

The Legend of Frenchie King

Marie Sarrazin ( Actor )

... 1971

Popsy Pop

Popsy Pop ( Actor )

... 1971

The Adventures of Gerard

Teresa, Countess of Morales ( Actor )

... 1970

The Red Tent

Valeria ( Actor )

... 1969

Diary of a Telephone Operator

Marta Chiaretti ( Actor )

... 1969

The Conspirators

Giuditta Di Castro ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1968

A Fine Pair

Esmeralda Marini ( Actor )

... 1968

The Hell with Heroes

Elena ( Actor )

... 1968

The Day of the Owl

Rosa Nicolosi ( Actor )

... 1968

Don't Make Waves

Laura ( Actor )

... 1967

The Professionals

Maria ( Actor )

... 1966

Blindfold

Vicky Vicenti ( Actor )

... 1966

Lost Command

Aisha ( Actor )

... 1966

The Queens

Armenia ( Actor )

... 1966

Sandra

Sandra Dawson ( Actor )

... 1965

The Magnificent Cuckold

Maria Grazia ( Actor )

... 1964

Time of Indifference

Carla ( Actor )

... 1964

Circus World

Toni Alfredo ( Actor )

... 1964

Bebo's Girl

Mara ( Actor )

... 1964

The Pink Panther

The Princess Dala ( Actor )

... 1963

The Leopard

Angelica Sedara / Bertiana ( Actor )

... 1963

Claudia ( Actor )

... 1963

Careless

Angiolina Zarri ( Actor )

... 1962

Cartouche

Vénus ( Actor )

... 1962

Auguste

Cameo Appearance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

The Lions Are Loose

Albertine Ferran ( Actor )

... 1961

The Lovemakers

Bianca ( Actor )

... 1961

Girl with a Suitcase

Aida Zepponi ( Actor )

... 1961

Rocco and His Brothers

Ginetta ( Actor )

... 1960

The Dolphins

Fedora Santini ( Actor )

... 1960

The Battle of Austerlitz

Pauline Bonaparte ( Actor )

... 1960

Handsome Antonio

Barbara Puglisi ( Actor )

... 1960

Fiasco in Milan

Carmelina Nicosia ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

The Facts of Murder

La servetta ( Actor )

... 1959

The Magistrate

Maria ( Actor )

... 1959

Goha

Amina ( Actor )

... 1959

Venetian Honeymoon

Angelica ( Actor )

... 1959

South Wind

Grazia Macri ( Actor )

... 1959

3 Strangers in Rome

Marisa ( Actor )

... 1958

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Carmelina ( Actor )

... 1958