
Claudia Cardinale
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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 inclu...
Known For
Filmography

The Life of Mirrors
2025

Claudia la mystérieuse
2022
as Self

The Island of Forgiveness
2022
as Agostina

Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Rogue City
2020
as Catarina Bastiani

Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Bulle
2020
as Marthe

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
2019
as Self

Rudy Valentino
2018
as Zia Rosa

Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Dios de monoambiente
2018
as Self (archive footage)

La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
2017
as Self
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
2017
as Self

Nobili bugie
2017
as Duchess

Una gita a Roma
2017
as Marguerite

Nonnas on the Run
2017
as Angela

La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
2017
as Irène Delamarche

Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo
2017
as Laura Banti

All Roads Lead to Rome
2016
as Carmen

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Belmondo by Belmondo
2016
as Self (archive footage)

The Blind and the Cardinal
2016
as 'La Cardinale'

Mia, Liebe meines Lebens
2016
as Mary O'Sullivan
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
2015
as Self

Twice Upon a Time in the West
2015
as Claudia

Effie Gray
2014
as Viscountess
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
2014
as Self

The Silent Mountain
2014
as Nuria Calzolari

Last Stop
2014
as Rosa
Joy de V.
2013
as Signora Morosini

Alberto il grande
2013
as Self

Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Gebo and the Shadow
2012
as Doroteia

The Artist and the Model
2012
as Léa

The Years of Lost Images
2012
as Self

Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica
2011
as Signora Enrica

Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self

Hollywood Invasion
2011
as Self (archive footage)

Father
2011
as Elvira

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
Il giorno della Shoah
2010
as Ester

A View of Love
2010
as La mère de Marc

The String
2009
as Sara

La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009
as Self

Hollywood sul Tevere
2009

Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
2008
as Cécile Deschamps

Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
2007
as Elisabeth

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self

Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
as Self

The Demon Stirs
2005
as Claudia Cardinale

A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
as Self

Por un puñado de sueños
2004
as Self - Interviewee

The Last Sequence
2003
as Self

An Opera of Violence
2003
as Self - Actress

The Wages of Sin
2003
as Self - Actress

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Something to Do with Death
2003
as Self - Actress

The Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self (archive footage)

Luchino Visconti
2002
as Self

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Madame Falconetti

Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Visconti: La verdad del melodrama
2001
as Self

Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
2001
as Self

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self

My Best Fiend
1999
as Self

Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
as Donna Assunta

Riches, belles, etc.
1998
as Baroness Mitsy

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Stupor Mundi
1997
as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona

Desert of Fire
1997
as Leila

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
as Self

Desert of Fire
1997
as Leila

Nostromo
1997
as Teresa Viola

A Summer in La Goulette
1996
as Self
10-07: L'affaire Zeus
1995
as Agent

Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...
1994
as Margaux
Alex et Marie
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria
1994
as Self

Son of the Pink Panther
1993
as Maria Gambrelli
Flash – Der Fotoreporter
1993
as Gilda Ricci / Monica Ricci

588 rue Paradis
1992
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Mother
1991
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Act of Sorrow
1990
as Elena

Drums of Fire
1990
as Roxelane

Stars 90
1990
as Self

The French Revolution
1989
as Duchesse de Polignac

Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
1989
as Hélène Larmier

The French Revolution
1989
as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)

A Man in Love
1987
as Julia Steiner

Téléthon
1987
as Self

Sacrée Soirée
1987
as Self

History
1986
as Ida Mancuso
Naso di cane
1986
as Laura

Woman of Wonders
1985
as Maura

Next Summer
1985
as Jeanne

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

Henry IV
1984
as Matilda

Claretta
1984
as Miriam Petacci

The Ruffian
1983
as La 'baronne'

Princess Daisy
1983
as Annabelle de Fourdemont Valensky

Famous T & A
1982
as (archive footage)

Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Molly

Burden of Dreams
1982
as Self - Actress

Bankers Also Have Souls
1982
as Antonella Dufour

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

The Salamander
1981
as Elena Leporello

The Skin
1981
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo

Si salvi chi vuole
1980
as Luisa

Escape to Athena
1979
as Eleana

Corleone
1978
as Rosa Accordino

Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
as Francesca Modigliani

The Gun
1978
as Marta Compagna

Fire's Share
1978
as Catherine Hansen

I Am the Law
1977
as Anna

Goodbye & Amen
1977
as Aliki

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Pauline Bonaparte

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as The Adulteress

A Common Sense of Modesty
1976
as Armida Ballarin

Blonde in Black Leather
1975
as Claudia

Midnight Pleasures
1975
as Gabriella Sansoni

Libera, My Love
1975
as Libera Valente

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self - Host

Midi Première
1975
as Self

Blood Brothers
1974
as Lucia Esposito

Conversation Piece
1974
as Professor's Wife (uncredited)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

One Russian Summer
1973
as Anya

The Audience
1972
as Aiche

The Pariah
1972
as Georgia Saratov
Midi trente
1972
as Self

A Girl in Australia
1971
as Carmela

The Legend of Frenchie King
1971
as Marie Sarrazin

Popsy Pop
1971
as Popsy Pop
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Teresa, Countess of Morales

The Red Tent
1969
as Valeria

Diary of a Telephone Operator
1969
as Marta Chiaretti

The Conspirators
1969
as Giuditta Di Castro

The Day of the Owl
1968
as Rosa Nicolosi

The Hell with Heroes
1968
as Elena

A Fine Pair
1968
as Esmeralda Marini

Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Jill

Don't Make Waves
1967
as Laura

A Rose for Everyone
1967
as Rosa

The Professionals
1966
as Maria

Blindfold
1966
as Vicky Vicenti

The Queens
1966
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")

Lost Command
1966
as Aisha

Sandra
1965
as Sandra Dawson

Circus World
1964
as Toni Alfredo

Time of Indifference
1964
as Carla

The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Maria Grazia

Bebo's Girl
1964
as Mara

8½
1963
as Claudia

The Pink Panther
1963
as The Princess Dala

The Leopard
1963
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana

Cartouche
1962
as Vénus

Careless
1962
as Angiolina Zarri

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Girl with a Suitcase
1961
as Aida Zepponi

The Lions Are Loose
1961
as Albertine Ferran

The Lovemakers
1961
as Bianca

Auguste
1961
as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

Rocco and His Brothers
1960
as Ginetta

The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Pauline Bonaparte

Il bell'Antonio
1960
as Barbara Puglisi

The Dolphins
1960
as Fedora Santini

The Facts of Murder
1959
as La servetta, Assuntina

Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Maria

The Magistrate
1959
as Maria

Venetian Honeymoon
1959
as Angelica

Goha
1959
as Amina

South Wind
1959
as Grazia Macri

Fiasco in Milan
1959
as Carmelina Nicosia

Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Carmelina

3 Strangers in Rome
1958
as Marisa

Algeria in Flames
1958
as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)

Les Anneaux d'Or
1956
as A young woman

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self