Claudia Cardinale Overview:

Actress, Claudia Cardinale, was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale on Apr 15, 1938 in Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia]. As of December 2025, Claudia Cardinale was 87 years old.

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: The Facts of Murder (1959) and Bell’Antonio (1960)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 22, 2026 From 4 Star Films

With the passing of in 2025, I took it upon myself to watch some of her movies that I had not seen before. Below, I included capsule reviews of two of her earlier performances: At first, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the picture. I thought it might be a comedia italiana o... Read full article


Girl with a Suitcase (1961): Shines

By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 29, 2021 From 4 Star Films

It’s a slippery slope when you begin to consider the attractiveness of women in films because the conversation can get needlessly superficial. All I will say about is that God was very good to her. But beyond her immaculate beauty, the joyous discovery of Girl with a Suitcase... Read full article


Sex symbol of the 1960s: .

By Dawn on Jun 3, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

(born 15 April 1938), is an Italian Tunisian actress, and performed in the better known European films of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1957, Cardinale won the 'Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia' contest of the Italian embassy, which brought her to the Venice Film Festival. Her fi... Read full article


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Claudia Cardinale Quotes:

Woman: I've never really known another man like him. He can keep ten girls in the air at once and make each one happy.
Princess Dala: Amazing, sort of a contemporary Don Juan?


Jill: You wake up one morning and say "World, I know you! From now on there are no more surprises!".


Princess Dala: [tipsy from champagne] When I went on my first zsrafari... frazari... wild animal hunt.


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Claudia Cardinale Facts
1965: Told a reporter she liked a dry martini before dinner, caviar for hors d'oeuvres, lobsters or oysters for seafood, or a steak alla Fiorentina. When it came to wine, her preference was for a rich, red wine.

Her father was an Italian railroad worker. Despite having an Italian father, she grew up speaking French after her French mother.

Originally intended to become a teacher in Tunis, North Africa.

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