Claudia Cardinley, ‘8 and’ and ‘The Leopard’ stars die on 87

Italian actor Claudia Cardinley, who acted in some of the most famous European films of the 1960s and 1970s, died of Italian actor Claudia Cardinley, AFP The report was reported on Tuesday (September 23, 2025). She was 87 years old.

He acted in more than 100 films and for television productions, but he was known to embrace young purity in Federico Felini’s “8½”, in which he co-interacted with Marcello Mastriani in 1963.

Cardinal also praised her role as Angelica Sedara in the award -winning screen optimization of the historic novel “The Lapard” of the historic novel “The Leopard” and as a corrected prostitute in Sergio Leon’s Spegty Western “Once Upon a Time in the West”.

She died in Namers, France, surrounded by her children, her agent Laurent Seri told AFP. Savari and his agency did not return the email requests immediately to comment from the Associated Press.

Cardin started her film-career at the age of 17 after winning a beauty pageant in Tunisia, where she was born to Sicily’s parents, who moved to North Africa. The competition brought him to the Venice Film Festival, where she came to the attention of the Italian film industry.

He was expected to become a school teacher before entering the beauty pageant.

“The fact is that I am making films, just an accident,” Cardinley recalled the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2002. “When he asked me if you want to live in films?” I said no and they insisted for six months. ,

Her success came in view of Sophia Loren’s international stardom, and she was told as Italy’s reply to Brigit Bardot. While achieving the level of success of the French actor, he was still considered a star and worked with leading directors in Europe and Hollywood.

“They gave me everything,” Cardinley said. “It is amazing to live so many lives. I am living more than 150 lives, completely different women.”

One of her early roles was in the 1958 comedy classic “Big Deal On Madonna Street” as a black-clad Sicily girl. It was produced by Franco Cristaldi, who managed his early career and was married from 1966 to 1975.

The erotic brunette with heavy eyes was often inserted as a warm blood woman. As he was a deep voice and the Italian dialect with a heavy French pronunciation, his voice was dubbed in his early films.

His career in Hollywood brought only partial success as he was not interested in leaving the European film. However, he gained some fame by forming a team with Rock Hudson in the 1965 comedy thriller “statement” and two years later another comedy with Tony Curtis “Don’t Make Waves”.

Cardinley considered himself “The Professionals” in 1966, who was the best of his Hollywood films directed by Richard Brooks, where he acted with Burt Lancaster, Jack Pelance, Robert Ryan and Lee Marwin.

In a 2002 interview GuardianHe explained that the Hollywood studio “I wanted me to sign a contract of uniqueness, and I refused. Because I am an European actress and I was going there for films.” “And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, professionals, which is actually a great film,” she said. “For me, professionals have done best in Hollywood.”

His industry awards were a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement that he received at the Venice Film Festival, nearly 40 years after the early appearance on the screen.

In 2000, Cardinley was named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to protect women’s rights.

He had two children. Another, Italian director Passquel Squirtiery with a Crystaldie and the subsequent partner.