Claudia Cardinale

Birthday: 15 April 1938, Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia]

Birth Name: Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale

Height: 168 cm

Like many other female Italian film stars, Claudia Cardinale's entry into the business was by way of a beauty pageant. She was 17 years old and studying at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome when sh ...Show More

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed myself or e Show more I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed myself or even my body in films. Mystery is very important. Hide

Luchino Visconti wanted me dark-haired, for Federico Fellini I had to be a blonde, I had long hair a Show more Luchino Visconti wanted me dark-haired, for Federico Fellini I had to be a blonde, I had long hair at the time and kept dyeing it from one to the other. The two directors were completely different, almost hated each other, I think. Hide

I wasn't speaking a word of Italian until I was 18. They had to dub my voice in my first Italian pic Show more I wasn't speaking a word of Italian until I was 18. They had to dub my voice in my first Italian picture! Hide

If you're not English, you're a foreigner - so you must be sexy. It's an old British cliché. If you're not English, you're a foreigner - so you must be sexy. It's an old British cliché.

[on acting] But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your persona Show more [on acting] But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity. You don't know who you are. It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life. Hide

Claudia Cardinale's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2

as Actor (39)

Once Upon a Time in the West

La viaccia

The Salamander

The Leopard

8½ (1963)

The String (Le fil)

La révolution française

Trail of the Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther

Gebo et l'ombre