Claude Cardinale is an Italian actress who was born 15th April 1938. She won the “Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia” competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts. Claudia soon became one of the best-known actresses in Italy with roles in films such asย The Pink Panther,ย The Professionalsย (1966) and theย Sergio Leoneย Westernย Once Upon a Time in the Westย (1968.
Claudia signed a contract forbidding her to cut her hair, marry or gain weight. Because of this, she told everyone that her newborn son (out of wedlock) was her baby brother. She did not reveal to the child that he was her son until he was 19 years old.
She speaks French, Italian, English, Spanish and Arabic (from having been raised in Tunisia).
Although Claudia is one of the great sex sirens of her time, she has never appeared in a nude or fully topless scene.
Famed cinematographer Conrad L. Hall called Claudia Cardinale, “a cameraman’s dream – a perfect piece of nature – there is not much you can do wrong in photographing her”.
As Claudia had a deep voice and spoke Italian with a heavy French accent, her voice was dubbed in her early movies. The Pink Panther (1963) was meant to be her first English-speaking role; however, her voice wound up being dubbed.
She prefers to be called by her initials: CC.
Claudia Cardinale is long considered one of the world’s great beauties. She has appeared on more than 900 magazine covers in over 25 countries.
She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. They are deemed as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. The movies are ‘The Pink Panther’ (1963) and ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ (1968).
At the Italian Embassy in Tunis, she was voted the most beautiful Italian girl in Tunisia. Her prize was a trip to Venice during the Venice Film Festival. After the festival she was offered movie roles, but refused them and returned to Tunis. However, six months later, a producer sold her on a career in movies, and she went to Rome with her parents, two brothers and a sister, taking a home in Castel Giubileo, a small town outside the city (1957).
Claudia’s mentor was her late husband Franco Cristaldi.
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