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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 15, 1938
Died
September 23, 2025
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Also Known As
- 클라우디아 카르디날레
- Клаудия Кардинале
- كلوديا كاردينالي
- کلودیا کاردیناله
- Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
5.3 Popularity
Biography
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 – 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 8½ (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.–Italian 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 cliché, 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.
Known For
0.0
The Life of Mirrors
2025
0.0
Agostina
The Island of Forgiveness
2022
6.0
Self
Claudia la mystérieuse
2022
9.5
Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
2021
6.5
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Fellinopolis
2021
5.9
Catarina Bastiani
Rogue City
2020
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
7.5
Marthe
Bulle
2020
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
0.0
Self
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
2019
Credits
The Life of Mirrors
2025
0.0
The Island of Forgiveness
as Agostina
2022
0.0
Claudia la mystérieuse
as Self
2022
6.0
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
9.5
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
6.5
Rogue City
as Catarina Bastiani
2020
5.9
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Bulle
as Marthe
2020
7.5
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.8
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
as Self
2019
0.0
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.1
Rudy Valentino
as Zia Rosa
2018
0.0
🎬
Dios de monoambiente
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
as Irène Delamarche
2017
6.9
🎬
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
as Self
2017
0.0
Una gita a Roma
as Marguerite
2017
8.0
Nobili bugie
as Duchess
2017
5.3
Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo
as Laura Banti
2017
3.5
Nonnas on the Run
as Angela
2017
0.0
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Self
2017
6.7
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
2016
1.0
The Blind and the Cardinal
as 'La Cardinale'
2016
0.0
Mia, Liebe meines Lebens
as Mary O'Sullivan
2016
7.0
Belmondo by Belmondo
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.8
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Carmen
2016
5.0
Twice Upon a Time in the West
as Claudia
2015
8.5
🎬
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
as Self
2015
0.0
🎬
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
as Self
2014
0.0
Last Stop
as Rosa
2014
3.1
The Silent Mountain
as Nuria Calzolari
2014
5.6
Effie Gray
as Viscountess
2014
5.9
Alberto il grande
as Self
2013
7.5
🎬
Joy de V.
as Signora Morosini
2013
0.0
The Artist and the Model
as Léa
2012
6.1
Gebo and the Shadow
as Doroteia
2012
6.7
The Years of Lost Images
as Self
2012
0.0
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)
2012
5.5
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
Hollywood Invasion
as Self (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
2011
7.7
Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica
as Signora Enrica
2011
6.4
Father
as Elvira
2011
0.0
A View of Love
as La mère de Marc
2010
5.9
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Il giorno della Shoah
as Ester
2010
0.0
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
2009
7.0
The String
as Sara
2009
6.7
La Traversée du désir
as Self
2009
5.7
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
as Cécile Deschamps
2008
4.8
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
as Elisabeth
2007
5.5
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
2006
5.2
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
2006
9.6
The Demon Stirs
as Claudia Cardinale
2005
3.0
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
2004
0.0
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
2004
0.0
An Opera of Violence
as Self - Actress
2003
6.0
Something to Do with Death
as Self - Actress
2003
6.0
The Wages of Sin
as Self - Actress
2003
7.4
The Last Sequence
as Self
2003
6.0
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
6.1
Luchino Visconti
as Self
2002
6.2
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Madame Falconetti
2002
5.6
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
2002
2.8
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
as Self
2001
8.9
🎬
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama
as Self
2001
8.0
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self
2000
5.8
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Donna Assunta
1999
5.1
My Best Fiend
as Self
1999
7.3
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Riches, belles, etc.
as Baroness Mitsy
1998
0.0
Desert of Fire
as Leila
1997
10.0
Stupor Mundi
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
1997
0.0
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
1997
0.0
Nostromo
as Teresa Viola
1997
6.0
Desert of Fire
as Leila
1997
9.3
A Summer in La Goulette
as Self
1996
6.1
🎬
10-07: L'affaire Zeus
as Agent
1995
0.0
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
as Margaux
1994
3.5
🎬
Alex et Marie
as Narrator (voice)
1994
0.0
🎬
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria
as Self
1994
0.0
Son of the Pink Panther
as Maria Gambrelli
1993
4.6
🎬
Flash – Der Fotoreporter
as Gilda Ricci / Monica Ricci
1993
0.0
588 rue Paradis
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
1992
7.2
Mother
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
1991
7.8
Drums of Fire
as Roxelane
1990
5.9
Stars 90
as Self
1990
6.2
Act of Sorrow
as Elena
1990
3.8
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
as Hélène Larmier
1989
5.5
The French Revolution
as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
1989
10.0
The French Revolution
as Duchesse de Polignac
1989
7.5
Téléthon
as Self
1987
5.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
A Man in Love
as Julia Steiner
1987
4.3
Naso di cane
as Laura
1986
0.0
🎬
History
as Ida Mancuso
1986
0.0
Woman of Wonders
as Maura
1985
6.5
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Next Summer
as Jeanne
1985
6.1
Claretta
as Miriam Petacci
1984
0.0
Henry IV
as Matilda
1984
6.4
Princess Daisy
as Annabelle de Fourdemont Valensky
1983
7.3
The Ruffian
as La 'baronne'
1983
6.2
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actress
1982
7.5
Bankers Also Have Souls
as Antonella Dufour
1982
4.5
Fitzcarraldo
as Molly
1982
7.6
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Famous T & A
as (archive footage)
1982
4.9
The Skin
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
1981
6.3
The Salamander
as Elena Leporello
1981
5.3
Si salvi chi vuole
as Luisa
1980
0.0
Escape to Athena
as Eleana
1979
5.7
Corleone
as Rosa Accordino
1978
7.5
The Gun
as Marta Compagna
1978
5.7
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Francesca Modigliani
1978
4.5
Fire's Share
as Catherine Hansen
1978
5.2
Goodbye & Amen
as Aliki
1977
6.2
I Am the Law
as Anna
1977
6.6
Jesus of Nazareth
as The Adulteress
1977
7.8
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Pauline Bonaparte
1977
0.0
A Common Sense of Modesty
as Armida Ballarin
1976
5.7
Blonde in Black Leather
as Claudia
1975
7.4
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
Numéro un
as Self - Host
1975
6.0
Libera, My Love
as Libera Valente
1975
5.3
Midnight Pleasures
as Gabriella Sansoni
1975
5.7
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
Conversation Piece
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
1974
7.3
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Blood Brothers
as Lucia Esposito
1974
6.0
One Russian Summer
as Anya
1973
7.8
The Pariah
as Georgia Saratov
1972
6.9
The Audience
as Aiche
1972
6.5
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
A Girl in Australia
as Carmela
1971
6.7
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Marie Sarrazin
1971
5.5
Popsy Pop
as Popsy Pop
1971
4.0
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
The Adventures of Gerard
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
1970
5.6
The Red Tent
as Valeria
1969
6.0
Diary of a Telephone Operator
as Marta Chiaretti
1969
5.1
The Conspirators
as Giuditta Di Castro
1969
7.6
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Jill
1968
8.3
A Fine Pair
as Esmeralda Marini
1968
3.4
The Hell with Heroes
as Elena
1968
5.2
The Day of the Owl
as Rosa Nicolosi
1968
7.1
Don't Make Waves
as Laura
1967
5.1
A Rose for Everyone
as Rosa
1967
4.5
The Professionals
as Maria
1966
7.1
Blindfold
as Vicky Vicenti
1966
6.1
Lost Command
as Aisha
1966
6.1
The Queens
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
1966
5.1
Sandra
as Sandra Dawson
1965
7.0
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Maria Grazia
1964
6.5
Time of Indifference
as Carla
1964
6.1
Circus World
as Toni Alfredo
1964
6.2
Bebo's Girl
as Mara
1964
6.3
The Pink Panther
as The Princess Dala
1963
6.8
The Leopard
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
1963
7.7
8½
as Claudia
1963
8.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Careless
as Angiolina Zarri
1962
7.5
Cartouche
as Vénus
1962
6.3
Auguste
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1961
1.0
The Lions Are Loose
as Albertine Ferran
1961
5.8
The Lovemakers
as Bianca
1961
6.2
Girl with a Suitcase
as Aida Zepponi
1961
7.1
Rocco and His Brothers
as Ginetta
1960
8.0
The Dolphins
as Fedora Santini
1960
6.5
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Pauline Bonaparte
1960
6.6
Il bell'Antonio
as Barbara Puglisi
1960
7.1
Fiasco in Milan
as Carmelina Nicosia
1959
6.9
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Maria
1959
5.6
The Facts of Murder
as La servetta, Assuntina
1959
7.1
The Magistrate
as Maria
1959
6.2
Goha
as Amina
1959
5.2
Venetian Honeymoon
as Angelica
1959
3.0
South Wind
as Grazia Macri
1959
7.6
3 Strangers in Rome
as Marisa
1958
4.3
Big Deal on Madonna Street
as Carmelina
1958
8.1
Algeria in Flames
as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)
1958
8.5
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Les Anneaux d'Or
as A young woman
1956
7.5
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
🎬
Piccolina bella
N/A
0.0
🎬
Rumore
N/A
0.0
Second to Nun
as Self - Festival Actress
N/A
0.0