The most notable films she has appeared in include 8½ (1963) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Claudia Cardinale ended up pregnant through an association with a Frenchman. In 1964, after her appearance with Rod Steiger and Shelley Winters in Time of Indifference, Cardinale began acting in Hollywood. In a July 1966 interview with Life, she confessed her fear of being over-glamourized and exploited, like Sophia Loren, and although she had several further U.S. films lined up, stated: "If I have to give up the money, I give it up. She also appeared alongside Rod Taylor in The Hell with Heroes and starred in one of her best-known roles as former prostitute Jill McBain in Sergio Leone's epic Western Once Upon a Time in the West. Podobno tam natychmiast zaczęli do niej smalić cholewki najbardziej wzięci włoscy producenci. "[60] However, following her success in Hollywood, she began to express concerns about the direction of her career. [106] In 1985, Cardinale starred opposite Ben Gazzara and Lina Sastri in Alberto Bevilacqua's La donna delle meraviglie. Cardinale stated that her films with Bolognini were among the most joyful of her career, considering him to be "a great director, a man of rare professional capability, great taste and culture. She went ahead with the ceremony, but was concerned about sacrificing the rights she had to her child Patrick. She says she was pushed on stage by someone while she was helping with the arrangements and was declared the winner. On this discovery, he wanted her to have an abortion, but she decided to keep the child. During the filming of Il bell'Antonio, her co-star Marcello Mastroianni fell in love with her, but she rejected him, as she did not take his love seriously, considering him to be one of those actors who cannot help but fall in love with their co-stars. [51] In 1962, Cardinale was interviewed by the writer Alberto Moravia, who focused exclusively on her sexuality and body image in film, treating her as an object. Like many other female Italian film stars, Claudia Cardinale's entry into the business was by way of a beauty pageant. [145], Cardinale has two children: Patrick, who was born illegitimately when she was 19 and later adopted by Cristaldi,[146] and Claudia,[147] whom she had with Squitieri. [121] The following year, Cardinale played the peasant mother of two children who are members of Carmine Crocco's (Enrico Lo Verso's) army during the Garibaldi era, in Cristaldi's historical film Li chiamarono... briganti!. Cardinale is fluent in Arabic, French, Italian, English, and Spanish. I only signed for individual films. After playing a lead role in 'Three Strangers in Rome' (1958), she had roles in the films 'Vento del sud' (1959), 'Il magistrato' (1959), 'Un maledetto imbroglio' (1959), 'Upstairs and Downstairs' (1959). In her husband's Naso di Cane, a miniseries, Enrico Lancia and Roberto Poppi praised her for her "light comic touch". [105] Squitieri's Claretta (1984), featuring Cardinale and Gemma, was entered into the competition at the 41st Venice International Film Festival. Prime Video has you covered this holiday season with movies for the family. Claudia Cardinale and daughter Claudia Squitieri at the Paris Premiere Of The Film Angel A AT The Cinema Gaumont On The Champs Elysees. [109] In 1987, Cardinale starred opposite Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, and Jamie Lee Curtis in Diane Kurys's film A Man in Love (Un homme amoureux), Kurys's first English-language feature. Claudia Cardinale is an Italian, Tunisian film actress who appeared in most of applauding European films of the 1960s and 1970s. Critically acclaimed, it has a rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[134] and was shown at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. [90], In 1975, Cardinale played the daughter of a political exile (Adolfo Celi) in Mauro Bolognini's Libera, My Love, a character who becomes "increasingly incensed by the fascist government of Italy and makes a number of bold and very personal gestures against it". I've been very lucky because I've had many fantastic directors with me, Fellini, Visconti, Blake Edwards, lots and lots...". Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts: The Top 10 Movies Starring Claudia Cardinale; The Top 20 Movies Starring Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian Tunisian film actress who starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in many English-language films. Claudia Cardinale is a very well-known Italian actress. Screen siren Claudia Cardinale launches a season of films by Luchino Visconti at the NFT. [78] The following year, she appeared in Una rosa per tutti (A Rose for Everyone) and in Alexander Mackendrick's sex farce Don't Make Waves opposite Tony Curtis. Every film I make entails becoming a different woman. Her birth name is Claude Josephine Rose Cardinale. [96] She accepted it reluctantly after Baratier explained he wanted a Tunisian actress rather than an Italian to star in the main role opposite the Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. I think I had a very strange voice. [140], On 11 October 2018 she received the Tabernas de Cine award in the Almería Western Film Festival. [46] However, he was very close and supportive of Cardinale during the production, and a true friendship developed between the two, based on a deep mutual understanding. [4][5] Her mother, Yolande Greco, was born in Tunisia to Sicilian emigrants from Trapani. [9] As a teenager, she was described as "silent, weird, and wild", and like other girls of her generation, was fascinated by Brigitte Bardot, who came to prominence in the 1956 film And God Created Woman, directed by Roger Vadim. I couldn't understand what they were talking about. But Claudia – she's not easy, still she's within reach". [82], In 1968, Cardinale featured opposite Franco Nero in The Day of the Owl, in a David di Donatello for Best Actress-winning performance. She starred mainly in European movies, especially Italian and french. In 1994, Cardinale had a role in Charlotte Dubreuil's Elles ne pensent qu'à ça..., and the following year appeared in the French TV serial 10-07: L'affaire Zeus. 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I like to live in Europe. 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). The appearance nonetheless marked her feature-film debut. [94] Cardinale starred in her husband's Il prefetto di ferro, which tells the story of Cesare Mori (Giuliano Gemma), an Italian prefect that before and during the Fascist period was best known as "the Iron Prefect". She starred mainly in European movies, especially Italian and french. She appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in several English films. [149], Cardinale is a political liberal who has supported feminist and gay causes over the years. [72] In 1965, Cardinale appeared in Visconti's Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, known as Sandra (Of a Thousand Delights) in the US and Of These Thousand Pleasures in the UK, playing a Holocaust survivor who may have had an incestuous relationship with her brother. She did not learn to speak Italian until she had already begun to be cast for Italian films. [131], In 2010, Cardinale received the Golden Orange 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. Wystąpiła w wielu filmach wyreżyserowanych przez męża, Pasquale’a Squitieri – m.in. [7] She has been a regular attendee of the Academy Awards. He praised Cardinale's "terrific" acting and portrayal of the "overbearing" mother, likening one scene, where she "brings home a nice girl for Malik (Antonin Stahly) to meet", to Harold and Maude (1971). [101] In 1982, Cardinale appeared in Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, playing a successful brothel owner who funds Klaus Kinski's purchase of an old steamship in South America. [136] Another excellent film in which Ms. Cardinale acted, released in 2012, was The Artist and the Model. Mamma Mia! She appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in several English films. [20][21][c] Cristaldi largely managed her early career, and she was married to him from 1966 until 1975. Later in 1997, Cardinale appeared in the films Sous les pieds des femmes and her husband's Stupor Mundi, in which she portrayed Constance of Aragon. Otherwise, you’ll lose your idea of who you are. Made to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the French Revolution, the 360-minute Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron film was an international production, boasting a cast which included Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour and Peter Ustinov. [34] She then played the role of Maria in Ralph Thomas's British film Upstairs and Downstairs, which starred Michael Craig and Anne Heywood. [113], In 1990, Cardinale starred opposite Bruno Cremer in Squitieri's Atto di dolore, and appeared in the Morocco-set Soviet-Italian production, La battaglia dei tre tamburi di fuoco. [108], In 1986, Cardinale was involved in the making of two films for television. For several years, she appeared in Hollywood films such as 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 epic 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. Vitti's biographer noted how Cardinale and Vitti stood out as the female duo in a predominantly masculine cast. Claudia Cardinale. [143], Cardinale lived with Pasquale Squitieri, an Italian film director, for 42 years, from 1975[144] until Squitieri died on 18 February 2017, aged 78. [87] In 1972, Cardinale appeared in Marco Ferreri's L'udienza, which was screened at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. Cardinale agreed to reunite with Blake Edwards, Herbert Lom, and Burt Kwouk to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Pink Panther by making Son of the Pink Panther. Claudia Cardinale is an Italian-Tunisian film actress. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. [48] Cardinale's 1961 appearances also included Henri Verneuil's French comedy Les Lions sont lâchés,[49] and Auguste in which she had a cameo role. It was Edward's last film, but was a critical and commercial failure, with critics despairing at the "painfully unfunny script" and the performance of Roberto Benigni as Clouseau, which earned him the Razzie Award for Worst New Star. Claudia Cardinale. The comedy was a huge success, making Cardinale instantly recognizable. She has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights since March 2000,[150] and was a goodwill ambassador for the UNESCO World Water Day for 2006. The 1960s produced some of the most iconic actresses of modern film—figures that we still revere for their style and nonchalant beauty. Both films were critically acclaimed and are often cited by critics and scholars as among the greatest films ever made. In 1991, Cardinale featured alongside Richard Berry and Omar Sharif in Henri Verneuil's Mayrig (meaning "mother"), a film about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to Marseilles in France from Turkey after the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Thereafter, she spent three years in the United States, where she starred in several Hollywood films. Claudia Cardinale mówiła, że uroda pozwoliła jej postawić pierwsze kroki na drodze kariery, ale gdyby nie miała talentu aktorskiego, zakończyłaby ją po kilku latach i popadła w zapomnienie. Claudia was born in La Goulette on April 15, 1938. He was really very fond of me. Although occasional funny moments were noted, Don't Make Waves was generally panned by the critics and the lack of chemistry with co-star Curtis was highlighted. She featured especially in Italian and French, but also in different English-language films. [29] For seven years, Cardinale kept her secret, not only from the public, but also from her own son, Patrick, who grew up in the family with her parents and sister more or less as a brother[30] until the day Enzo Biagi, a journalist, discovered the truth. [122], In 2000, Cardinale embarked on her stage career, starring in Maurizio Scaparro's stage production of La Venexiana, adapted by René de Ceccatty, at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris. Gossner described her as "a terrific spirit on the set", and noted that Cardinale told the production team "legendary stories" about Marcello Mastroianni. Cardinale's powerful performance as Claretta Petacci garnered her the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress. She is Tunisian from her mother's side and Italian from her father's side. [125] The film was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. She told of how she benefited from the arrangement, explaining it was an American initiative at a time when they invited all the successful European actresses to perform in their pictures, hoping to create a monopoly. Claudia Cardinale Westerns Claudia Cardinale only made about 3 Westerns – which is rather startling since she is an Italian actress and was a major Star in Europe during the height of Spaghetti Westerns. [58], Prior to this period, Cardinale's own voice had not been used in her Italian films, as it was considered too hoarse, and owing to her French accent, insufficiently Italian. The film was critically acclaimed, with Vincent Canby of The New York Times calling it "a fine, quirky, fascinating movie" and a "stunning spectacle", comparing the dynamic between Kinski and Cardinale to Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's The African Queen. [12] The turning point came in 1957 during the Italian Cinema Week in Tunis, when she won a competition for the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia",[13] with a trip to the Venice Film Festival as first prize. And I was speaking in French; in fact I was dubbed. [74] Diane Bond doubled for Cardinale in the film. [152][153] Cardinale said of her acting, "I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. [91] Later that year she appeared in the comedies The Immortal Bachelor with Vittorio Gassman and Qui comincia l'avventura with Monica Vitti. IMDb takes a look at Gal Gadot's biggest roles and the parts she never got the chance to play, including a major role in the James Bond franchise. However, when she did her aim was extremely good – starring in 2 of the greatest Westerns ever made: The Professionals … Continue reading Though the international film market was glutted with sultry European actresses during the 1960s, few could boast the depth and range of talent as Claudia Cardinale. [117], In 1997, Cardinale featured in the British-Italian television drama miniseries Nostromo, directed by Alastair Reid and produced by Fernando Ghia of Pixit Productions, a co-production with Radiotelevisione Italiana, Televisión Española, and WGBH Boston. Though the international film market was glutted with sultry European actresses during the 1960s, few could boast the depth and range of talent as Claudia Cardinale. [22], Under the new contract, in 1958, Cardinale was given a minor role with leading Italian actors Vittorio Gassman, Totò, Marcello Mastroianni, and Renato Salvatori in Mario Monicelli's internationally successful criminal comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti). Even talking with a friend about anything that could make me look different from my public image was risky, as if it had been publicized, I would have been in trouble. [89] Cardinale and the director Pasquale Squitieri met for the first time on set, and he soon became her husband. [76], By 1966, Cardinale was being cited as the most popular film star in Italy, even more than Mastroianni and Loren. [59][60] Not until 8½ was she allowed to use her own voice. [126] And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen received mixed reviews; A. O. Scott of The New York Times dismissed it as "sublimely silly", but praised the "impeccable CinemaScope compositions" and the "lush, suave score" by Michel Legrand. Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is a Tunisian-born Italian film actress who starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in many English-language films. The film made her a minor local celebrity,[11] and led to her being spotted by Jacques Baratier, who offered her a minor role in Goha. Claudia Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian Tunisian actress. [120] In 1998, Cardinale portrayed the mother of Lola Naymark in the French picture Riches, belles, etc., a wealthy baroness who leaves her hotel to her daughter to care for during her absence. And in front of a camera, no less! Hot & Sexy Pictures Of Claudia Cardinale. [85], In 1970, Cardinale starred opposite Peter McEnery and Eli Wallach in Jerzy Skolimowski's comedy film The Adventures of Gerard, based on The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle. [6] Her native languages were French, Tunisian Arabic, and the Sicilian language of her parents. [112] After a role in the comedy, Blu elettrico (1988), Cardinale portrayed Yolande de Polastron, a favourite of Marie Antionette's, in the two-part film La Révolution française in 1989. The Los Angeles Times Magazine, in a February 2011 online feature, named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. [21] According to Cardinale, the couple had a marriage party but did not marry,[142] and they became increasingly detached. After Cardinale decided to tell him everything, he published her story in Oggi and L'Europeo. Her earthy interpretations of Sicilian women got her noticed ... 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Visconti needed silence for his work while Fellini preferred noise and confusion. [115] In 1993, Cardinale won the Leone d'oro alla carriera award at the Venice Film Festival, in which she was honoured along with Roman Polanski, Robert De Niro, and Steven Spielberg. And Federico Fellini was the first one who used my voice. Her father, Francesco Cardinale, was a railway worker, born in Gela, Sicily. [60] Life stated that "the Cardinale appeal is a blend of solid simplicity and radiant sensuality. Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale is a Tunisian-born Italian film actress who starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in many English-language films. "[66], In 1964, Cardinale starred alongside Rod Steiger and Shelley Winters in Francesco Maselli's Italian-made Time of Indifference. He taught me everything, without ever making demands on me. Filming began on 22 February 1965 on location in Ocala, Florida. Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale is a Tunisian-born Italian film actress who starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in many English-language films.