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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
all 209
Movies 180
self 73
TV Shows 29
Voice 1
We Are Cinema (2021)
Fellinopolis (2021)
Rogue City (2020)
Bulle (2020)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
Rudy Valentino (2018)
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils (2017)
Una gita a Roma (2017)
Nobili bugie (2017)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
The Blind and the Cardinal (2016)
Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (2016)
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
The Silent Mountain (2014)
Effie Gray (2014)
Joy de V. (2013)
Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)
Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak (2011)
Father (2011)
A View of Love (2010)
1960 (2010)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista (2007)
The Demon Stirs (2005)
Por un puñado de sueños (2004)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
Riches, belles, etc. (1998)
Stupor Mundi (1997)
Nostromo (1997)
Alex et Marie (1994)
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Flash – Der Fotoreporter (1993)
588 rue Paradis (1992)
Mother (1991)
Drums of Fire (1990)
Star Life (1990)
The french revolution: Years of hope (1989)
The french revolution: Years of rage (1989)
History (1986)
Next Summer (1985)
Claretta (1984)
Henry IV (1984)
Princess Daisy (1983)
The Ruffian (1983)
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
Famous T & A (1982)
The Skin (1981)
The Salamander (1981)
Corleone (1978)
The Gun (1978)
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
Fire's Share (1978)
Goodbye & Amen (1977)
I Am the Law (1977)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975)
Numéro un (1975)
Libera, My Love (1975)
Midnight Pleasures (1975)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Blood Brothers (1974)
The Pariah (1972)
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
Popsy Pop (1971)
The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
The Red Tent (1969)
Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969)
The Conspirators (1969)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
A Fine Pair (1968)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Don't Make Waves (1967)
Visconti (1967)
Blindfold (1966)
Lost Command (1966)
The Queens (1966)
Sandra (1965)
The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
Circus World (1964)
The Pink Panther (1963)
The Leopard (1963)
8½ (1963)
Careless (1962)
Auguste (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Dolphins (1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
Handsome Antonio (1960)
Fiasco in Milan (1959)
The Facts of Murder (1959)
Goha (1959)
Stars in der Manege (1959)
Venetian Honeymoon (1959)
South Wind (1959)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Algeria in Flames (1958)
Les Anneaux d'Or (1956)
The Island of Forgiveness
Piccolina bella
Second to Nun
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1938-04-15 (86 years old)
Birth NameClaude Joséphine Rose Cardinale
Birth PlaceTunis, Tunisia
Height1.73-meter
RelationshipsFranco Cristaldi (1966 - 1975), Pasquale Squitieri (1970 - 2017)
CitizenshipsItaly, France
ResidencesParis, France, Rome, Italy, La Goulette, Tunisia
Also Known As클라우디아 카르디날레, Клаудия Кардинале, كلوديا كاردينالي
AwardsGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Honorary Golden Bear, Golden Bear, David di Donatello for Best Actress, Steiger Award, Golden Eagle Awards, National Order of Merit, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress, Flaiano Prize, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Golden Orange Best Actress Award, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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