9.6
9.6
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self
Claudia Cardinale
Also known as: Claude Cardinale
Acting
Born:April 15, 1938
Died:September 23, 2025(aged 87)
Birthplace:Tunis, Tunisia
Nationality:Italy
Height:5'8" (173 cm)
Education:Experimental Centre of Cinematography
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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.
Filmography (158 movies)
9.5
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
9.3
9.3
Desert of Fire
1997
as Leila
8.5
8.5
Twice Upon a Time in the West
2015
as Claudia
8.3
8.3
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Jill
8.1
8.1
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Carmelina
8.1
8.1
8½
1963
as Claudia
8.0
8.0
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama
2001
as Self
8.0
8.0
Una gita a Roma
2017
as Marguerite
8.0
8.0
Rocco and His Brothers
1960
as Ginetta
7.8
7.8
Belmondo by Belmondo
2016
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
7.8
One Russian Summer
1973
as Anya
7.8
7.8
Mother
1991
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
7.7
7.7
The Leopard
1963
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
7.7
7.7
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self
7.6
7.6
Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Molly
7.6
7.6
The Conspirators
1969
as Giuditta Di Castro
7.6
7.6
South Wind
1959
as Grazia Macri
7.5
7.5
Burden of Dreams
1982
as Self - Actress
7.5
7.5
Careless
1962
as Angiolina Zarri
7.5
7.5
Alberto il grande
2013
as Self
7.5
7.5
Blonde in Black Leather
1975
as Claudia
7.5
7.5
Les Anneaux d'Or
1956
as A young woman
7.5
7.5
The French Revolution
1989
as Duchesse de Polignac
7.4
7.4
The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self - Actress
7.3
7.3
My Best Fiend
1999
as Self
7.3
7.3
Corleone
1978
as Rosa Accordino
7.3
7.3
Conversation Piece
1974
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
7.2
7.2
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
588 rue Paradis
1992
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
7.1
7.1
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
as Aida Zepponi
7.1
7.1
The Facts of Murder
1959
as La servetta, Assuntina
7.1
7.1
The Professionals
1966
as Maria
7.1
7.1
The Day of the Owl
1968
as Rosa Nicolosi
7.1
7.1
Il bell'Antonio
1960
as Barbara Puglisi
7.0
7.0
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009
as Self
7.0
7.0
Sandra
1965
as Sandra Dawson
6.9
6.9
La Storia
1986
as Ida Mancuso
6.9
6.9
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
2017
as Irène Delamarche
6.9
6.9
Fiasco in Milan
1959
as Carmelina Nicosia
6.9
6.9
The Pariah
1972
as Georgia Saratov
6.8
6.8
The Pink Panther
1963
as The Princess Dala
6.8
6.8
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
2017
as Self
6.7
6.7
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
as Doroteia
6.7
6.7
A Girl in Australia
1971
as Carmela
6.7
6.7
The String
2009
as Sara
6.6
6.6
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Pauline Bonaparte
6.6
6.6
Henry IV
1984
as Matilda
6.6
6.6
I Am the Law
1977
as Anna
6.5
6.5
The Audience
1972
as Aiche
6.5
6.5
The Dolphins
1960
as Fedora Santini
6.5
6.5
Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Maria Grazia
6.5
6.5
Woman of Wonders
1985
as Maura
6.4
6.4
Cartouche
1962
as Vénus
6.3
6.3
The Skin
1981
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
6.3
6.3
Bebo's Girl
1964
as Mara
6.2
6.2
The Lovemakers
1961
as Bianca
6.2
6.2
Circus World
1964
as Toni Alfredo
6.2
6.2
Luchino Visconti
2002
as Self
6.2
6.2
Time of Indifference
1964
as Carla
6.2
6.2
The Ruffian
1983
as La 'baronne'
6.2
6.2
The Magistrate
1959
as Maria
6.2
6.2
Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica
2011
as Signora Enrica
6.2
6.2
Goodbye & Amen
1977
as Aliki
6.1
6.1
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
6.1
6.1
Next Summer
1985
as Jeanne
6.1
6.1
Blindfold
1966
as Vicky Vicenti
6.1
6.1
The Artist and the Model
2012
as Léa
6.1
6.1
Lost Command
1966
as Aisha
6.1
6.1
A Summer in La Goulette
1996
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Red Tent
1969
as Valeria
6.0
6.0
The Last Sequence
2003
as Self
6.0
6.0
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self - Actress
6.0
6.0
An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Actress
6.0
6.0
Blood Brothers
1974
as Lucia Esposito
5.9
5.9
Drums of Fire
1990
as Roxelane
5.9
5.9
Effie Gray
2014
as Viscountess
5.9
5.9
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self
5.9
5.9
Rogue City
2020
as Catarina Bastiani
5.9
5.9
A View of Love
2010
as La mère de Marc
5.8
5.8
The Lions Are Loose
1961
as Albertine Ferran
5.7
5.7
La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
5.7
5.7
Midnight Pleasures
1975
as Gabriella Sansoni
5.7
5.7
The Gun
1978
as Marta Compagna
5.7
5.7
Escape to Athena
1979
as Eleana
5.7
5.7
A Common Sense of Modesty
1976
as Armida Ballarin
5.6
5.6
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Madame Falconetti
5.6
5.6
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Maria
5.6
5.6
The Silent Mountain
2014
as Nuria Calzolari
5.5
5.5
The Legend of Frenchie King
1971
as Marie Sarrazin
5.5
5.5
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
5.5
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
2007
as Elisabeth
5.5
5.5
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
1989
as Hélène Larmier
5.3
5.3
The Salamander
1981
as Elena Leporello
5.3
5.3
Libera, My Love
1975
as Libera Valente
5.3
5.3
Nobili bugie
2017
as Duchess
5.2
5.2
Fire's Share
1978
as Catherine Hansen
5.2
5.2
Goha
1959
as Amina
5.2
5.2
The Hell with Heroes
1968
as Elena
5.2
5.2
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
as Self
5.1
5.1
Diary of a Telephone Operator
1969
as Marta Chiaretti
5.1
5.1
The Queens
1966
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")
5.1
5.1
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Laura
5.1
5.1
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
as Donna Assunta
5.0
5.0
All Roads Lead to Rome
2016
as Carmen
4.9
4.9
Famous T & A
1982
as (archive footage)
4.8
4.8
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
2008
as Cécile Deschamps
4.6
4.6
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
as Maria Gambrelli
4.5
4.5
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
as Francesca Modigliani
4.5
4.5
A Rose for Everyone
1967
as Rosa
4.5
4.5
Bankers Also Have Souls
1982
as Antonella Dufour
4.3
4.3
A Man in Love
1987
as Julia Steiner
4.3
4.3
3 Strangers in Rome
1958
as Marisa
4.0
4.0
Popsy Pop
1971
as Popsy Pop
3.8
3.8
Act of Sorrow
1990
as Elena
3.5
3.5
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
1994
as Margaux
3.4
3.4
A Fine Pair
1968
as Esmeralda Marini
3.1
3.1
Last Stop
2014
as Rosa
3.0
3.0
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
as Angelica
3.0
3.0
The Demon Stirs
2005
as Claudia Cardinale
2.8
2.8
The Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1.0
1.0
Auguste
1961
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1.0
1.0
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Rumore
TBA
Claretta
1984
as Miriam Petacci
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Pauline Bonaparte
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Riches, belles, etc.
1998
as Baroness Mitsy
Naso di cane
1986
as Laura
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
as Self - Interviewee
Nonnas on the Run
2017
as Angela
Rudy Valentino
2018
as Zia Rosa
The Blind and the Cardinal
2016
as 'La Cardinale'
Father
2011
as Elvira
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
2019
as Self
Claudia la mystérieuse
2022
as Self
Il giorno della Shoah
2010
as Ester
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
2015
as Self
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
as Self
Second to Nun
TBA
as Self - Festival Actress
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
2014
as Self
Piccolina bella
TBA
The Island of Forgiveness
2022
as Agostina
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria
1994
as Self
Stupor Mundi
1997
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
2017
as Self
Dios de monoambiente
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Life of Mirrors
2025
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
as Self
Alex et Marie
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Joy de V.
2013
as Signora Morosini
The Years of Lost Images
2012
as Self
Si salvi chi vuole
1980
as Luisa
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