Claudia Cardinale
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-04-15 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Claudia Cardinale
Biography
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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Acting
Second to Nun
as Self - Festival Actress
(2022)
The Island of Forgiveness
as Agostina
(2022)
Claudia la mystérieuse
as Self
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2020)
Rogue City
as Catarina Bastiani
(2019)
(2019)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Dios de monoambiente
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Rudy Valentino
as Zia Rosa
(2017)
Nonnas on the Run
as Angela
(2017)
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
as Irène Delamarche
(2017)
Una gita a Roma
as Marguerite
(2017)
Nobili bugie
as Duchess
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Carmen
(2016)
Belmondo by Belmondo
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Blind and the Cardinal
as 'La Cardinale'
(2015)
Twice Upon a Time in the West
as Claudia
(2015)
(2014)
Effie Gray
as Viscountess
(2014)
The Silent Mountain
as Nuria Calzolari
(2014)
Last Stop
as Rosa
(2014)
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
as Self
(2013)
Alberto il grande
as Self
(2013)
Joy de V.
as Signora Morosini
(2012)
The Artist and the Model
as Léa
(2012)
Gebo and the Shadow
as Doroteia
(2012)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
The Years of Lost Images
as Self
(2011)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
(2011)
Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak
as Signora Enrica
(2011)
Father
as Elvira
(2011)
Hollywood Invasion
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
A View of Love
as La mère de Marc
(2010)
Il giorno della Shoah
as Ester
(2009)
La Traversée du désir
as Self
(2009)
The String
as Sara
(2009)
(2008)
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
as Cécile Deschamps
(2007)
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
as Elisabeth
(2006)
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
(2006)
(2005)
The Demon Stirs
as Claudia Cardinale
(2004)
(2004)
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
(2003)
An Opera of Violence
as Self - Actress
(2003)
Something to Do with Death
as Self - Actress
(2003)
The Wages of Sin
as Self - Actress
(2003)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2003)
The Last Sequence
as Self
(2002)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Madame Falconetti
(2002)
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Luchino Visconti
as Self
(2001)
(2000)
(1999)
My Best Fiend
as Self
(1999)
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Donna Assunta
(1998)
Riches, belles, etc.
as Baroness Mitsy
(1997)
Desert of Fire
as Leila
(1997)
(1997)
Stupor Mundi
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
(1996)
A Summer in La Goulette
as Self
(1994)
(1994)
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
as Margaux
(1994)
Alex et Marie
as Narrator (voice)
(1993)
Son of the Pink Panther
as Maria Gambrelli
(1992)
588 rue Paradis
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
(1991)
Mother
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
(1990)
Drums of Fire
as Roxelane
(1990)
Act of Sorrow
as Elena
(1989)
The French Revolution
as Duchesse de Polignac
(1989)
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
as Hélène Larmier
(1987)
A Man in Love
as Julia Steiner
(1986)
History
as Ida Mancuso
(1986)
Naso di cane
as Laura
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
Next Summer
as Jeanne
(1985)
Woman of Wonders
as Maura
(1984)
Henry IV
as Matilda
(1984)
Claretta
as Miriam Petacci
(1983)
The Ruffian
as La 'baronne'
(1982)
Fitzcarraldo
as Molly
(1982)
Bankers Also Have Souls
as Antonella Dufour
(1982)
Famous T & A
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actress
(1981)
The Salamander
as Elena Leporello
(1981)
The Skin
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
(1980)
Si salvi chi vuole
as Luisa
(1979)
Escape to Athena
as Eleana
(1978)
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Francesca Modigliani
(1978)
Corleone
as Rosa Accordino
(1978)
Fire's Share
as Catherine Hansen
(1978)
The Gun
as Marta Compagna
(1977)
Goodbye & Amen
as Aliki
(1977)
I Am the Law
as Anna
(1977)
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Pauline Bonaparte
(1976)
A Common Sense of Modesty
as Armida Ballarin
(1975)
Midnight Pleasures
as Gabriella Sansoni
(1975)
Libera, My Love
as Libera Valente
(1975)
Blonde in Black Leather
as Claudia
(1974)
Conversation Piece
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
(1974)
Blood Brothers
as Lucia Esposito
(1973)
One Russian Summer
as Anya
(1972)
The Pariah
as Georgia Saratov
(1972)
The Audience
as Aiche
(1971)
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Marie Sarrazin
(1971)
A Girl in Australia
as Carmela
(1971)
Popsy Pop
as Popsy Pop
(1970)
The Adventures of Gerard
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
(1969)
The Red Tent
as Valeria
(1969)
The Conspirators
as Giuditta Di Castro
(1969)
Diary of a Telephone Operator
as Marta Chiaretti
(1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Jill
(1968)
The Day of the Owl
as Rosa Nicolosi
(1968)
A Fine Pair
as Esmeralda Marini
(1968)
The Hell with Heroes
as Elena
(1967)
Don't Make Waves
as Laura
(1967)
A Rose for Everyone
as Rosa
(1966)
The Professionals
as Maria
(1966)
Lost Command
as Aisha
(1966)
Blindfold
as Vicky Vicenti
(1966)
The Queens
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
(1965)
Sandra
as Sandra Dawson
(1964)
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Maria Grazia
(1964)
Circus World
as Toni Alfredo
(1964)
Bebo's Girl
as Mara
(1964)
Time of Indifference
as Carla
(1963)
The Pink Panther
as The Princess Dala
(1963)
8½
as Claudia
(1963)
The Leopard
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
(1962)
Cartouche
as Vénus
(1962)
Careless
as Angiolina Zarri
(1961)
Girl with a Suitcase
as Aida Zepponi
(1961)
The Lovemakers
as Bianca
(1961)
The Lions Are Loose
as Albertine Ferran
(1961)
Auguste
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
(1960)
Rocco and His Brothers
as Ginetta
(1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Pauline Bonaparte
(1960)
Handsome Antonio
as Barbara Puglisi
(1960)
The Dolphins
as Fedora Santini
(1959)
The Facts of Murder
as La servetta, Assuntina
(1959)
Fiasco in Milan
as Carmelina Nicosia
(1959)
The Magistrate
as Maria
(1959)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Maria
(1959)
Goha
as Amina
(1959)
Venetian Honeymoon
as Angelica
(1959)
South Wind
as Grazia Macri
(1958)
Big Deal on Madonna Street
as Carmelina
(1958)
3 Strangers in Rome
as Marisa
(1956)
Les Anneaux d'Or
as A young woman
Crew
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
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