[102] Later that year, Cardinale played opposite Pierre Mondy in the sex farce Le Cadeau, a role which biographers Lancia and Minelli say was played with a "mature charm and expressiveness". After all, this was an actress who worked with some of the finest filmmakers and the handsomest actors in the 60s and 70s, including Marlon Brando, Alain Delon, Marcello Mastroianni and Jean-Paul Belmondo. She ended up a close friend of his, but it didnt start out that way when he arrived on the set of The Leopard., He was a very American star, she said. [71] She was at the height of her sensuality at the time, but later the film only brought back unpleasant memories for her as she experienced little empathy with the director Antonio Pietrangeli, while the male star Ugo Tognazzi tried to seduce her. Please try again. [131], In 2010, Cardinale received the Golden Orange Best Actress Award at the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival for her performance as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student in Signora Enrica. [45] Zurlini chose her for such a difficult role against everyone's advice, as she was not yet considered a "real" actress, nor was she (yet) one of the most celebrated Italian beauties. Many film directors spotted her and were ready to sign contracts with her. Outspoken on women's rights causes over the years, Cardinale has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights since March 2000. Two years later, Cardinale went on a theatrical tour of Italy, performing in Luigi Pirandello's Come tu mi vuoi, which Squitieri directed. [118] It is described as "an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's epic story Nostromo of political upheaval, greed, and romance in turn-of-the-20th-century South America. Everything was in the hands of Vides". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You have entered an incorrect email address! He was a fantastic producer. But my mother understood that there was a bet (so nothing happened)., On working with director Visconti in several films, Cardinale replied, Visconti was incredible. [140], On 11 October 2018 she received the Tabernas de Cine award in the Almera Western Film Festival. Initially wanting to become a teacher, Cardinales life changed after winning the competition for Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia in 1957. Cardinales proud of her other passions. [23] She portrayed Carmelita, a Sicilian girl virtually imprisoned in her home by her overpowering brother. "[57] With her portrayal of Angelica in The Leopard and her brief appearance as herself in 8, Cardinale achieved the definitive status of a top-ranking star. [53], The finest and most prolific year of her career was 1963, when she appeared in a number of leading productions. Claudia Squitieri and Patrick Cristaldi now live with their mother in a house near Fontainebleau, France, where Cardinale has created a foundation to support two causes close to her heart:. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. She grew up in Tunisia, where she learnt speaking Tunisian Arabic and French as the two are the native languages in Tunisia. I have an incredible number of letters from fans, Cardinale pointed out. There is also a beautiful new book Indomitable, mostly photos, which Cardinale's daughter, Claudia Squitieri, is helping to promote. Even though she had to endure It was the men's insane attention that was fatal to her. [21] According to Cardinale, the couple had a marriage party but did not marry,[143] and they became increasingly detached. Despite her success as an actress, her personal life has had a share of heartache. [100] The Skin was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Jaded with the Hollywood film industry and not wanting to become a clich, Cardinale returned to Italian and French cinema, and garnered the David di Donatello for Best Actress award for her roles in Il giorno della civetta (1968) and as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australia (1971). After Careless (1962) she rose to the front ranks of Italian cinema, and became an international star in Federico Fellini's classic 8 (1963) with Marcello Mastroianni. The festival screened the 1964 Blake Edwards comedy classic The Pink Panther, which also starred Peter Sellers, David Niven and Robert Wagner. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. Her father, Francesco Cardinale, was a railway worker, born in Gela, Sicily. A priest fell in love with her and started writing letters, Squitieri added. "[69] Film writer David Simpson notes that as a result, "Cardinale never achieved the same level of fame as Loren and Gina Lollobrigida", although she appeared in a higher number of decent films. For her performance in the film, she received her first Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress in 1965. [52] Just a few years later, she played a similar character in a film based on another novel by Moravia, Time of Indifference. 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Cristaldi later married Zeudi Araya and had no further contractual relationships with Cardinale. [141], In 2020, Cardinale headlined the Swiss miniseries Bulle. Claudia Cardinale appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s. "[60] However, following her success in Hollywood, she began to express concerns about the direction of her career. The Los Angeles Times Magazine, in a February 2011 online feature, named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. [12] The turning point came in 1957 during the Italian Cinema Week in Tunis, when she won a competition for the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia",[13] with a trip to the Venice Film Festival as first prize. Toward the end of our chat, Squitieri revealed, My mother has a great collection of clothes, which were being eaten by time. Cardinale is fluent in Arabic, French, Italian, English, and Spanish. "[60], In 1966, a photograph of Cardinale was featured in the original gatefold artwork to Bob Dylan's album Blonde on Blonde (1966), but it was used without Cardinale's permission and removed from later pressings. The younger Claudia translated the answers of her mom, when she spoke in French and Italian. During their time together, Cardinale never received any pay for her film work. After coming to Italy, she met Franco Cristaldi in 1958, who mentored her in the film industry. The lengthy ball sequence took two weeks to put together. It moves men all over the world to imagine her both as an exciting mistress and wife. In its debut weekend, it was the second most-streamed film on the site. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. I think I had a very strange voice. As a result of her own experience of early motherhood, Cardinale naturally conveyed the concerns of a teenaged mother, identifying fully with the character of Aida. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants. [60] Life stated that "the Cardinale appeal is a blend of solid simplicity and radiant sensuality. [129] After a role in the TV movie Hold-up l'italienne (2008), the following year Cardinale starred in the critically acclaimed The String, playing a Tunisian mother who has a tempestuous relationship with her French-educated gay son. [78] The following year, she appeared in Una rosa per tutti (A Rose for Everyone) and in Alexander Mackendrick's sex farce Don't Make Waves opposite Tony Curtis. [75] Cardinale became good friends with Hudson, who proved to be very protective of her, knowing her discomfort outside of Italy. [22], Under the new contract, in 1958, Cardinale was given a minor role with Italian actors Vittorio Gassman, Tot, Marcello Mastroianni, and Renato Salvatori in Mario Monicelli's internationally successful criminal comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti). Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Josphine Rose Cardinale in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia, on 15 April 1938. [6] Cardinale is still stunning and effusive, laughing easily during an interview in Beverly Hills accompanied by her lookalike daughter, also named Claudia. After making her debut in a minor role with the Egyptian star Omar Sharif in Goha (1958), Cardinale became one of the best-known actresses in Italy with roles in films such as Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Girl with a Suitcase (1961), Cartouche (1962), The Leopard (1963), and Fellini's 8 (1963).[a]. Claudia Cardinale was born on April 15, 1938 in Tunisia and is arguably most remembered for playing the unforgettable Angelica in The Leopard. He did a book and put me on the cover, Cardinale said. "[44] Cardinale was warmly praised by the critics for her performance in Girl with a Suitcase, Dennis Schwartz considering her to have been at her "charming best". She has fond memories of that film: David Niven, when he saw me, said, Claudia, [besides] spaghetti, youre the best invention of Italy, she said, laughing. It was incredible to be there.. He accompanies Claudia in a ballet between past . Claudia Cardinale was one of the sex symbols of her time. She accepted it reluctantly after Baratier explained he wanted a Tunisian actress rather than an Italian to star in the main role opposite the Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. And in front of a camera, no less! This was the start of her rise to stardom with movie producers flocking her way to sign film contracts with her. He was a lucky man., Cardinale claimed that Marlon was the only actor who attempted to seduce her. She even got a nickname, Italys Sweetheart, garnering a huge fan base. Claudia Cardinale is four years younger than Loren, thus her career began in the late-fifties . [117], In 1997, Cardinale featured in the British-Italian television drama miniseries Nostromo, directed by Alastair Reid and produced by Fernando Ghia of Pixit Productions, a co-production with Radiotelevisione Italiana, Televisin Espaola, and WGBH Boston. He could understand me at a glance. Your subscription could not be saved. [50] She also played Angiolina, the romantic interest of Anthony Franciosa in Bolognini's Senilit, a character which film writer Jacek Klinowski describes as "a spirited and strikingly beautiful twenty-year-old". It was a very important film for her because it gave her a lot of foundation. Claudia Cardinale was born on April 15, 1938 in Tunisia and is arguably most remembered for playing the unforgettable Angelica in The Leopard. . Her height is 1.73m tall, and her weight is 68 kg. Career After acting alongside her classmates, film director Jacques Baratier noticed her and offered her a role alongside Egyptian actor Omar Sharif in the film Goha. She reunited with Rock Hudson in the Italian-made criminal comedy A Fine Pair under director Francesco Maselli. But she didnt have it recognized in Italy.. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Cannes, F. "[84] In 1969, Cardinale starred opposite Nino Manfredi in Luigi Magni's Nell'anno del Signore, based on the actual story of the capital execution of two carbonari in papal Rome. [37] The film marked the start of a fruitful partnership. Cardinale has won numerous awards including the Career Golden Lion at the 1993 Venice Film Festival. I like to live in Europe. So I didnt suffer from having this sex symbol mother. Cardinale, named in 2011 by the Los Angeles Times as among the 50 most beautiful women in film history, came with Claudia Squitieri, her daughter with Italian filmmaker Pasquale Squitieri. I want to tell you something very interesting, Cardinale said at one point in this chat in West Hollywood when the topic veered toward horoscope signs. Claudia CARDINALE et sa fille Claudia SQUITIERI, 5 ans et demi, chez elles la villa Santa. [32] Cardinale also starred opposite Pietro Germi in his crime film The Facts of Murder, an important assignment for her in mastering the craft of acting while learning to feel at ease in front of the camera. [94] Cardinale starred in her husband's Il prefetto di ferro, which tells the story of Cesare Mori (Giuliano Gemma), an Italian prefect that before and during the Fascist period was best known as "the Iron Prefect". Claudia CARDINALE et sa fille Claudia SQUITIERI, 5 ans et demi, chez elles la villa Santa Anna di Malborghetto, une ancienne ferme, sur la Via Flaminia prs de Rome : plan de face, souriantes, mre et fille posant prs d'une statue d'enfant en pierre dans le jardin de la proprit.. She left in 2016. She took her luggage and left everybody (in Italy). But Squitieri added, Shes had beautiful roles. Claudia Cardinale And Daughter Claudia At Home In Italy. Visconti needed silence for his work while Fellini preferred noise and confusion. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. [28] Cardinale explained: "I was no longer master of my own body or thoughts. [19] She solved her problems by signing a seven-year exclusive contract with Franco Cristaldi's production company Vides. [34] She then played the role of Maria in Ralph Thomas's British film Upstairs and Downstairs, which starred Michael Craig and Anne Heywood. LOS ANGELESWhen you interview a screen goddess like Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most memorable films, from Fellinis 8 to Werner Herzogs Fitzcarraldo, you are bound to hear fascinating stories.
In 1994, Cardinale had a role in Charlotte Dubreuil's Elles ne pensent qu' a, and the following year appeared in the French TV serial 10-07: L'affaire Zeus. On this discovery, he wanted her to have an abortion, but she decided to keep the child. [25], Although she worked well into her seventh month, Cardinale's pregnancy was kept a tight secret. [120] In 1998, Cardinale portrayed the mother of Lola Naymark in the French picture Riches, belles, etc., a wealthy baroness who leaves her hotel to her daughter to care for during her absence. [106] In 1985, Cardinale starred opposite Ben Gazzara and Lina Sastri in Alberto Bevilacqua's La donna delle meraviglie. - DER SPIEGEL - Geschichte", "Claudia Cardinale: 'Usually you live only one life. Her daughter Claudia is the fruit of her relationship with Squitieri. Arts Culture and Entertainment. Weve taken them out and were going to have an auction at Sothebys. She appeared as what Roger Ebert described as a "faded countess" opposite Jeremy Irons in Claude Lelouch's thriller film And Now Ladies and Gentlemen,[124] portraying a character who spends her time in Fez, Morocco, with handsome gigolos. She went with my father, who represents the second part of her life. The sultry Tunisia-born actress, often described as a sex symbol, arrived in our interview wearing sunglasses, which she later took off, an all-black ensemble and lots of jewelry on her hands and wrists. [138] In 2014, Cardinale portrayed a "sympathetic Italian chaperone" viscountess in the British period drama film Effie Gray, which was written by Emma Thompson and featured Dakota Fanning in the lead role. [113], In 1990, Cardinale starred opposite Bruno Cremer in Squitieri's Atto di dolore, and appeared in the Morocco-set Soviet-Italian production, La battaglia dei tre tamburi di fuoco. [70], In 1964, she also played the lead role in The Magnificent Cuckold, based on the Belgian play Le Cocu magnifique. Only me (laughs)!, Cardinale in Once Upon a Time in the West. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images), 3280 x 4920 px (10.93 x 16.40 in) - 300 dpi - 5 MB. The comedy was a huge success, making Cardinale instantly recognizable. But I never accepted., She refused everyone, volunteered Squitieri, who often laughed with her mom. Claudia Cardinale, 84, is an Italian actress who starred in more than 100 films, including "8" and "The Pink Panther." . The film made her a minor local celebrity,[11] and led to her being spotted by Jacques Baratier, who offered her a minor role in Goha. Its a very fun story.. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. As of July2015[update], it has a rating of just 6% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews. [47] Later in 1961, Cardinale starred as a prostitute opposite Jean-Paul Belmondo in Bolognini's La Viaccia. Being born on 15th April 1938, Claudia Cardinale is 84 years old as of today's date 13th January 2023. "[155] In a 2014 interview, she revealed her secret of success: "If you want to practice this craft, you have to have inner strength. She went on to appear in the Hollywood films Blindfold (1965), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint US-Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, and Henry Fonda. LYON, FRANCE - OCTOBER 19: Claudia Cardinale and her daughter Claudia Squitieri attend the Prix Lumiere 2018 ceremony At the 10th Film Festival Lumiere on October 19, 2018 in Lyon, France. This almost made her make another terrible mistake of aborting her son, who brought a lot of joy in her life. [116] I do not want to become a clich. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. . [79] Leonard Maltin, though, described the film as "a gem". But I dont know if I can say it. He praised Cardinale's "terrific" acting and portrayal of the "overbearing" mother, likening one scene, where she "brings home a nice girl for Malik (Antonin Stahly) to meet", to Harold and Maude (1971). (NO TABLOIDS - FRANCE OUT, BELGIUM OUT, CHINA OUT, SWITZERLAND OUT). [127] In 2007, Cardinale appeared in the Aline Issermann comedy film Cherche fianc tous frais pays, opposite Alexandra Lamy and Bruno Salomone,[128] in a role which Patrick Besson described as "atrocious". [59][61] Cardinale explained: "When I arrived for my first movie, I couldn't speak a word. She signed a seven-year contract with producer Franco Cristaldi, who eventually adopted Patrick Frank, her son with a French man. After I cut ties with him, I met the only man of my life, who is the father of Claudia., She came to America, Squitieri said. When we started [a scene], he took the mirror to see if the light was better on him or me., These days, Cardinales career is still going strong. Claudia Cardinale. That led to her breaks, including her feature film debut opposite Omar Sharif in Goha.. [90], In 1975, Cardinale played the daughter of a political exile (Adolfo Celi) in Mauro Bolognini's Libera, My Love, a character who becomes "increasingly incensed by the fascist government of Italy and makes a number of bold and very personal gestures against it". She was in town recently her home. I had very long dark hair, Cardinale said. But when I'm finished, I'm me again."[66]. 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