Claudia Cardinale
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Cardinale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
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as Self (archive footage)An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
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Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
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The Adventures of Gerard
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as Antonella DufourA bank clerk is given an unusual retirement gift, a high class call girl. Unaware that he has...
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Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
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The Hell with Heroes
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Next Summer
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as Duchesse de PolignacFirst part that includes the beginnings of the French Revolution. The film begins by recounting...
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Time of Indifference
as CarlaA penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with...
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as Marta ChiarettiMarta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in...
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Blonde in Black Leather
as ClaudiaTwo racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.
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The Years of Lost Images
as SelfA documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies...
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Goha
as AminaAs far as can be determined, Goha was Tunisia's first entry in the Cannes Film Festival. Omar...
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A Fine Pair
as Esmeralda MariniA detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out...
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The Audience
as AicheCaustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve...
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Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant...
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Corleone
as Rosa AccordinoTwo friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way...
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La Traversée du désir
as SelfWhat was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to...
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Popsy Pop
as Popsy PopClaudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva...
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Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
as ElisabethAlexandra, trente ans, s'apprête à passer les vacances d'été en famille. Au moment de prendre la...
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Claretta
as Miriam PetacciA journalist wants to make a film about the life and death of Claretta Petacci, the mistress of...
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Act of Sorrow
as ElenaIn this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the...
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Luchino Visconti
as SelfA chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his...
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Marcello, una vita dolce
as SelfAfter shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello...
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Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the...
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An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
as SelfClaudia Cardinale offers her reflections on her acting role and American debut in "The Pink Panther"
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Jesus Of Nazareth
as The AdulteressRobert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and...
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Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
as Cécile DeschampsMarion is a high-powered cop. Luc is a gentleman thief. He thinks she's a lawyer, she thinks...
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Last Stop
as RosaA man, after many years, returns to his home village following the death of his father, a...
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An Opera of Violence
as Self - ActressFirst part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West,...
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Auguste
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in...
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The Dolphins
as Fedora SantiniAn acid portrait of Italian youth at the time, I DELFINI follows a dreary season of discontent...
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One Russian Summer
as AnyaBased on Mikhail Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s,...
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Woman of Wonders
as MauraIn a straightforward yet unexceptional rendering of the life and loves of Alberto (Ben Gazzara),...
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Careless
as Angiolina ZarriEmilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Until he...
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The Wages of Sin
as Self - ActressSecond part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West,...
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Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as SelfDocumentary about Sergio Leone
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Fire's Share
as Catherine HansenReal estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his...
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The Magistrate
as MariaEmilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its...
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The Gun
as Marta CompagnaLuigi, a middle-aged engineer who, getting increasingly worried about the rising crime rate in...
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Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Donna AssuntaThe story of a group of brigands who fought against Victor Emmanuel II during Italian unification.
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Desert of Fire
as LeilaA helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant...
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The Lions Are Loose
as Albertine FerranA young woman leaves her hometown and husband to explore Paris, where she becomes entangled in a...
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Twice Upon a Time in the West
as ClaudiaA girl on the run, a villain in the making, a faux cowboy, and Claudia Cardinale as Claudia...
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Something to Do with Death
as Self - ActressThird part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West,...
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A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as SelfAn hour-long documentary featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho...
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The Demon Stirs
as Claudia CardinaleAnne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love...
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The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.
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Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).
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Nonnas on the Run
as AngelaAngela and Franca decide to take the dream trip of their lives. They run away from their boring...
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Alberto il grande
as SelfDocu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth...
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Una gita a Roma
as MargueriteA poetic adventure of two children who arrive from a small village in outing to Rome and, in...
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Si salvi chi vuole
as LuisaThe daughter of a bourgeoisified Communist MP and a permissive housewife brings home her latest...
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Nobili bugie
as DuchessIn the 1940s Italy, a ruined noble family agrees to hide a Jewish family from the Nazis in...
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3 Strangers in Rome
as MarisaThree girls from Milan dreaming of a holiday in Rome arrive in the city by train and decide to...
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Second to Nun
as Self - Festival ActressA second take in life, with nun of the regrets.
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Les Anneaux d'Or
as A young womanAt the time of Tunisian independence, owners of large boats decide to sell, while many small...
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Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
as Self (archive footage)How a young and wild tomboy Tunisian girl became a great actress by accident. Claudia Cardinale...
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Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of...
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Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - IntervieweeIn the 60s and half of the 70s, Almeria was the Hollywood of the South Europe.
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The Last Sequence
as SelfA documentary on Fellini’s lost alternate ending for 8½
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Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
as MargauxArrived in New York, Margaux went to the bedside of her daughter Jess, who tried to commit...
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Riches, belles, etc.
as Baroness MitsyDuring her rich and famous mother's absence, a little girl, alone in a big hotel, tries to...
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Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Pauline BonaparteA documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.
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The Blind and the Cardinal
as 'La Cardinale'Thomas is seduced by Julie and tells her stories in which he was involved or that he witnessed....
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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Jesus of Nazareth
as The AdulteressDramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...
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as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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as SelfA worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema...
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Princess Daisy
as Annabelle de Fourdemont ValenskyThe lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her...
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Desert of Fire
as LeilaA helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant...
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Nostromo
as Teresa ViolaIn an unstable South American country, capable Nostromo, a person of trust and a legend among...
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