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?


Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I am willing to bet you ten thousand francs, that the phantom is in Cortina at this very moment. Even, perhaps, in this very room.
Simone Clouseau: How exciting. What do you think, Mr. Tucker?
Tucker: Oh, I agree with the inspector. You see, Ten of his last fifteen victims have been guests at Angela Dunning's parties.
Sir Charles Lytton: What are we all talking about?
Simone Clouseau: The notorious Phantom.
Princess Dala: I'm afraid I never heard of him.
Sir Charles Lytton: From the little I've read about him, he seems to be quite a fellow.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Believe me. There are few thieves who are as clever as the Phantom. Each theft is completely different and unique, classic in its conception.
George Lytton: I thought you were working on the theory that he does repeat himself.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, only as far as Angela Dunning's parties are concerned. However, there is one other duplication, but that is his ah... trademark, his calling card, so to speak. He always leaves a white monogrammed glove.
Princess Dala: Sounds terribly theatrical.


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.

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

Long considered one of the world's great beauties, she has appeared on more than 900 magazine covers in over 25 countries.

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