US EditionHollywood Actress Known for Iconic ’60s and ’70s Roles Dead at 87
Claudia Cardinale was celebrated for her roles in iconic films like Fellini's '8½' and received a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2002.
- Claudia Cardinale, a Tunisian-born Italian actress known for iconic 1960s films, died at age 87 on September 23 near Paris.
- Her rise to fame began in 1957 after winning a beauty contest in Tunis that led her to Venice Film Festival and acting opportunities.
- Cardinale starred in classics like Fellini's 8½, Visconti's The Leopard, and Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, shaping European cinema.
- Her agent, Laurent Savry, said she leaves a legacy as a ‘free and inspired woman’ who lived ‘more than 150 lives’ and worked with top directors.
- Cardinale earned lifetime achievement awards, became a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 2000, and maintained a fiercely independent career in film and advocacy.
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The legendary actress Claudia Cardinale died on Tuesday 23 September at 87 years old in Nemours. Her relatives have just announced the date and place of her funeral to be held in the coming days.
Italian actress Claudia Cardinale passed away this week. During her long career, she worked with the great Italian directors, but also had an international career. DN's Helena Lindblad draws a portrait of a dark beauty who was involved in both culture and women's rights.
Obituary: Claudia Cardinale, Italian 1960s screen siren known as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’
Claudia Cardinale, who has died aged 87, was the most important Italian film actress to emerge in the Swinging Sixties, the golden age of Italian cinema, and thus joined Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, who had become famous in the 1950s, as one of a small group of Italian actresses whose talent and beauty propelled them to fame outside Italy.
Claudia Cardinale, the muse of Italian cinema, dies
Claudia Cardinale, a glamorous symbol of post-war Italian cinema who enjoyed a long and varied acting career on film and in the theatre, has died at age 87, according to AFP and other French media. Cardinale died on Tuesday near Paris "in the presence of her children," her agent Laurent Savry said in a message sent to AFP. "She leaves us the legacy of a free and inspired woman," Savry added. Raised in Tunisia to a family of Sicilian origin, Card…
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