Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Born 15 April 1938 · La Goulette, Protectorat français de Tunisie — died 23 September 2025
Claudia Cardinale (1938–2025) was an Italian actress born in Tunisia. She rose to fame in the late 1950s and became a symbol of 1960s European cinema. She worked with Fellini, Visconti, Leone and Herzog, and appeared in well over a hundred films across six decades.
Key films
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Early comedy hit that helped establish her as a rising star of Italian cinema.
The Leopard (1963)
Visconti's epic, in which she played Angelica opposite Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon.
8½ (1963)On Cinespective
Appeared in Fellini's landmark film, cementing her place in European art cinema.
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)On Cinespective
Starred as Jill McBain in Sergio Leone's celebrated spaghetti western.
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Led Werner Herzog's ambitious jungle epic, showing her range beyond the 1960s.
Key awards
- 1993 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
- 2002 Berlin International Film Festival Honorary Golden Bear
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 160
- 1956Les Anneaux d'Or · as A young womanActor
- 1958Big Deal on Madonna Street · as CarmelinaActor
- 19583 Strangers in Rome · as MarisaActor
- 1958Algeria in Flames · as Self - Arab woman (uncredited)Actor
- 1959Fiasco in Milan · as Carmelina NicosiaActor
- 1959The Facts of Murder · as La servetta, AssuntinaActor
- 1959South Wind · as Grazia MacriActor
- 1959Upstairs and Downstairs · as MariaActor
- 1959Goha · as AminaActor
- 1959The Magistrate · as MariaActor
- 1959Venetian Honeymoon · as AngelicaActor
- 1960Rocco and His Brothers · as GinettaActor
- 1960Il bell'Antonio · as Barbara PuglisiActor
- 1960Austerlitz · as Pauline BonaparteActor
- 1960The Dolphins · as Fedora SantiniActor
- 1961Girl with a Suitcase · as Aida ZepponiActor
- 1961The Lovemakers · as BiancaActor
- 1961The Lions Are Loose · as Albertine FerranActor
- 1961Auguste · as Cameo Appearance (uncredited)Actor
- 1962Cartouche · as VénusActor
- 1962Careless · as Angiolina ZarriActor
- 19638½ · as ClaudiaActor
- 1963The Pink Panther · as The Princess DalaActor
- 1963The Leopard · as Angelica Sedara / BastianaActor
- 1964Circus World · as Toni AlfredoActor
- 1964The Magnificent Cuckold · as Maria GraziaActor
- 1964Bebo's Girl · as MaraActor
- 1964Time of Indifference · as CarlaActor
- 1965Sandra · as Sandra DawsonActor
- 1966The Professionals · as MariaActor
- 1966Lost Command · as AishaActor
- 1966The Queens · as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")Actor
- 1966Blindfold · as Vicky VicentiActor
- 1967Don't Make Waves · as LauraActor
- 1967A Rose for Everyone · as RosaActor
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the West · as JillActor
- 1968The Day of the Owl · as Rosa NicolosiActor
- 1968The Hell with Heroes · as ElenaActor
- 1968A Fine Pair · as Esmeralda MariniActor
- 1969The Red Tent · as ValeriaActor
- 1969The Conspirators · as Giuditta Di CastroActor
- 1969Diary of a Telephone Operator · as Marta ChiarettiActor
- 1970The Adventures of Gerard · as Teresa, Countess of MoralesActor
- 1971A Girl in Australia · as CarmelaActor
- 1971The Legend of Frenchie King · as Marie SarrazinActor
- 1971Popsy Pop · as Popsy PopActor
- 1972The Pariah · as Georgia SaratovActor
- 1972The Audience · as AicheActor
- 1973One Russian Summer · as AnyaActor
- 1974Conversation Piece · as Professor's Wife (uncredited)Actor
- 1974Blood Brothers · as Lucia EspositoActor
- 1975Midnight Pleasures · as Gabriella SansoniActor
- 1975Blonde in Black Leather · as ClaudiaActor
- 1975Libera, My Love · as Libera ValenteActor
- 1976A Common Sense of Modesty · as Armida BallarinActor
- 1977I Am the Law · as AnnaActor
- 1977Goodbye & Amen · as AlikiActor
- 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti · as Pauline BonaparteActor
- 1978Corleone · as Rosa AccordinoActor
- 1978Fire's Share · as Catherine HansenActor
- 1978The Gun · as Marta CompagnaActor
- 1978Little Girl in Blue Velvet · as Francesca ModiglianiActor
- 1979Escape to Athena · as EleanaActor
- 1980Si salvi chi vuole · as LuisaActor
- 1981The Skin · as Principessa Consuelo CaraccioloActor
- 1981The Salamander · as Elena LeporelloActor
- 1982Fitzcarraldo · as MollyActor
- 1982Burden of Dreams · as Self - ActressActor
- 1982Bankers Also Have Souls · as Antonella DufourActor
- 1982Famous T & A · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1983The Ruffian · as La « Baronne »Actor
- 1984Henry IV · as MatildaActor
- 1984Claretta · as Miriam PetacciActor
- 1985Next Summer · as JeanneActor
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II · as SelfActor
- 1985Woman of Wonders · as MauraActor
- 1987A Man in Love · as Julia SteinerActor
- 1989The French Revolution · as Duchesse de PolignacActor
- 1989Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre · as Hélène LarmierActor
- 1990Drums of Fire · as RoxelaneActor
- 1990Act of Sorrow · as ElenaActor
- 1991Mother · as Araxi (Mayrig) ZakarianActor
- 1992588 rue Paradis · as Araxi (Mayrig) ZakarianActor
- 1993Son of the Pink Panther · as Maria GambrelliActor
- 1994Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... · as MargauxActor
- 1994Alex et Marie · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1994Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria · as SelfActor
- 1996A Summer in La Goulette · as Claudia CardinaleActor
- 1997Desert of Fire · as LeilaActor
- 1997Sous les pieds des femmes · as Aya 1996Actor
- 1997Stupor Mundi · as Costanza d'Altavilla / d'AragonaActor
- 1997The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth · as SelfActor
- 1998Riches, belles, etc. · as Baroness MitsyActor
- 1999My Best Fiend · as SelfActor
- 1999Li chiamarono... briganti! · as Donna AssuntaActor
- 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone · as SelfActor
- 2001Visconti: La verdad del melodrama · as SelfActor
- 2002And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... · as Madame FalconettiActor
- 2002The Magic of Fellini · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Luchino Visconti · as SelfActor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Fellini: I'm a Born Liar · as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2003The Wages of Sin · as Self - ActressActor
- 2003An Opera of Violence · as Self - ActressActor
- 2003The Last Sequence · as SelfActor
- 2003Something to Do with Death · as Self - ActressActor
- 2004A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' · as SelfActor
- 2004Por un puñado de sueños · as Self - IntervieweeActor
- 2005The Demon Stirs · as Claudia CardinaleActor
- 2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things · as SelfActor
- 2006Marcello, una vita dolce · as SelfActor
- 2007Cherche fiancé tous frais payés · as ElisabethActor
- 2008Man & Wife, Cop & Crook · as Cécile DeschampsActor
- 2008Il falso bugiardo · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009The String · as SaraActor
- 2009La Traversée du désir · as SelfActor
- 2009Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad · as SelfActor
- 2009Hollywood sul TevereActor
- 2010A View of Love · as La mère de MarcActor
- 2010Il giorno della Shoah · as EsterActor
- 2011Belmondo, itinéraire... · as SelfActor
- 2011Becoming Italian with Signora Enrica · as Signora EnricaActor
- 2011Hollywood Invasion · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011Father · as ElviraActor
- 2012The Artist and the Model · as LéaActor
- 2012Gebo and the Shadow · as DoroteiaActor
- 2012Monicelli: La versione di Mario · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012The Bardot mysteryActor
- 2012The Years of Lost Images · as SelfActor
- 2013Alberto il grande · as SelfActor
- 2013Joy de V. · as Signora MorosiniActor
- 2014Effie Gray · as ViscountessActor
- 2014The Silent Mountain · as Nuria CalzolariActor
- 2014Last Stop · as RosaActor
- 2014Cinéma Jacques Perrin · as SelfActor
- 2015Twice Upon a Time in the West · as ClaudiaActor
- 2015Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover · as SelfActor
- 2016All Roads Lead to Rome · as CarmenActor
- 2016Belmondo by Belmondo · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2016Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2016The Blind and the Cardinal · as 'La Cardinale'Actor
- 2017La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils · as Irène DelamarcheActor
- 2017Nobili bugie · as DuchessActor
- 2017La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo · as SelfActor
- 2017Una gita a Roma · as MargueriteActor
- 2017Nonnas on the Run · as AngelaActor
- 2017An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale · as SelfActor
- 2018Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Rudy Valentino · as Zia RosaActor
- 2018Dios de monoambiente · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne · as SelfActor
- 2020Rogue City · as Catarina BastianiActor
- 2020Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Fellinopolis · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
- 2021We Are Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Claudia la mystérieuse · as SelfActor
- 2022The Island of Forgiveness · as AgostinaActor
- 2025The Life of MirrorsActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.