1938-04-15 Tunis, Tunisia
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 – 23 September 2025) was an Italian actress. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Italian cinema, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she achieved international recognition during a career spanning more than six decades. Celebrated in the 1960s as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and widely considered a sex symbol of the era, Cardinale appeared in more than 175 films, primarily in Italy and France, across genres including comedy, drama, spaghetti westerns, and historical epics. She collaborated with acclaimed directors such as Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, and Werner Herzog, and several of her films are regarded as significant works in the history of cinema. At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of European cinema. Born and raised in La Goulette, a municipality in Tunisia near Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts, due above all to the involvement of producer Franco Cristaldi, who acted as her mentor for a number of years and later married her. After making her debut in a minor role with 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 Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963). From 1963, Cardinale appeared in The Pink Panther opposite David Niven. She went on to appear in the Hollywood films Blindfold (1966), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), The Red Tent (1969), A Fine Pair (1968), The Salamander (1981), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint U.S.–Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda. Jaded with Hollywood and not wanting to become a cliché, Cardinale returned to Italian and French cinema and garnered the David di Donatello for Best Actress award for her roles in The Day of the Owl (1968) and as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australia (1971).[1] In 1974, Cardinale met director Pasquale Squitieri, who would become her partner. She frequently featured in his films, including Blood Brothers (1974), Father of the Godfathers (1978) and Claretta (1984), the last of which won her the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Actress. In 1982, she starred in Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo as the love interest of Klaus Kinski, who raises the funds to buy a steamship in Peru. In 2010, Cardinale received the 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. Over the years, Cardinale was outspoken about women's rights and became a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights beginning in March 2000. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Cardinale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Vida dos Espelhos | 2025-07-13 | |
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Claudia la mystérieuse | Self | 2022-03-07 |
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جزيرة الغفران | Agostina | 2022-11-17 |
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Noi siamo cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
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Fellinopolis | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2021-06-10 |
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Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-03 |
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Bronx | Catarina Bastiani | 2020-10-30 |
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Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret | Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-31 |
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Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne | Self | 2019-01-13 |
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Rudy Valentino | Zia Rosa | 2018-05-24 |
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Dios de monoambiente | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
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Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-16 |
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An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale | Self | 2017-06-27 |
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Nobili bugie | Duchess | 2017-04-24 |
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La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo | Self | 2017-01-01 |
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La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils | Irène Delamarche | 2017-08-29 |
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Niente di serio | Angela | 2017-01-01 |
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Una gita a Roma | Marguerite | 2017-05-04 |
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Belmondo par Belmondo | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-05 |
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L'aveugle et la Cardinale | 'La Cardinale' | 2016-11-01 |
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Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-15 |
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All Roads Lead to Rome | Carmen | 2016-01-14 |
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Имало едно време един уестърн | Claudia | 2015-10-07 |
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Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover | Self | 2015-01-01 |
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Effie Gray | Viscountess | 2014-03-08 |
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Cinéma Jacques Perrin | Self | 2014-12-31 |
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The Silent Mountain | Nuria Calzolari | 2014-03-14 |
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Ultima Fermata | Rosa | 2014-06-16 |
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Alberto il grande | Self | 2013-02-16 |
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Joy de V. | Signora Morosini | 2013-01-20 |
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Gebo et l'ombre | Doroteia | 2012-09-10 |
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El artista y la modelo | Léa | 2012-09-28 |
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Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-30 |
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Gli anni delle immagini perdute | Self | 2012-07-12 |
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Hollywood Invasion | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-01 |
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Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak | Signora Enrica | 2011-02-18 |
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Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | 2011-05-18 |
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Father | Elvira | 2011-01-25 |
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Un balcon sur la mer | La mère de Marc | 2010-12-15 |
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Il giorno della Shoah | Ester | 2010-01-27 |
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Le fil | Sara | 2009-05-12 |
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Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo | Self | 2009-12-06 |
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La Traversée du désir | Self | 2009-03-16 |
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Hold-up à l'italienne | Cécile Deschamps | 2008-05-28 |
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Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | 2008-07-03 |
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Cherche fiancé tous frais payés | Elisabeth | 2007-06-27 |
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Sergio Leone - Il mio modo di vedere le cose | Self | 2006-03-08 |
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Marcello, una vita dolce | Self | 2006-05-21 |
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Le Démon de midi | Claudia Cardinale | 2005-06-22 |
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Por un puñado de sueños | Self - Interviewee | 2004-01-01 |
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A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' | Self | 2004-06-08 |
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The Wages of Sin | Self - Actress | 2003-11-18 |
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An Opera of Violence | Self - Actress | 2003-11-18 |
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Something to Do with Death | Self - Actress | 2003-11-18 |
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Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur | Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-04-02 |
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L'ultima sequenza | Self | 2003-04-22 |
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The Magic of Fellini | Self (archive footage) | 2002-01-27 |
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Luchino Visconti | Self | 2002-06-23 |
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... | Madame Falconetti | 2002-05-29 |
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Visconti: La verdad del melodrama | Self | 2001-03-12 |
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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Mein liebster Feind | Self | 1999-05-17 |
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Li chiamarono... briganti! | Donna Assunta | 1999-05-28 |
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Riches, belles, etc. | Baroness Mitsy | 1998-01-21 |
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Deserto di fuoco | Leila | 1997-01-01 |
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L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca | Self | 1997-08-06 |
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Stupor Mundi | Costanza d'Altavilla / d'Aragona | 1997-09-15 |
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Saeif Halq Al Wadi | Self | 1996-12-25 |
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Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Alex et Marie | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... | Margaux | 1994-03-16 |
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Son of the Pink Panther | Maria Gambrelli | 1993-08-27 |
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588 rue Paradis | Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian | 1992-01-14 |
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Mayrig | Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian | 1991-11-27 |
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La batalla de los tres reyes | Roxelane | 1990-12-21 |
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Atto di Dolore | Elena | 1990-08-30 |
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Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre | Hélène Larmier | 1989-10-31 |
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La Révolution française | Duchesse de Polignac | 1989-05-10 |
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Un homme amoureux | Julia Steiner | 1987-05-07 |
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Naso di cane | Laura | 1986-12-11 |
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La Storia | Ida Mancuso | 1986-01-02 |
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L'Été prochain | Jeanne | 1985-01-09 |
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La donna delle meraviglie | Maura | 1985-09-06 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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Claretta | Miriam Petacci | 1984-05-31 |
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Enrico IV | Matilda | 1984-05-24 |
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Le Ruffian | La 'baronne' | 1983-01-12 |
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Famous T & A | (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Fitzcarraldo | Molly | 1982-03-02 |
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Le Cadeau | Antonella Dufour | 1982-03-24 |
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Burden of Dreams | Self - Actress | 1982-10-01 |
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The Salamander | Elena Leporello | 1981-04-25 |
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La pelle | Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo | 1981-08-27 |
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Si salvi chi vuole | Luisa | 1980-04-04 |
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Escape to Athena | Eleana | 1979-05-21 |
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La Part du feu | Catherine Hansen | 1978-01-04 |
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Corleone | Rosa Accordino | 1978-11-10 |
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La Petite Fille en velours bleu | Francesca Modigliani | 1978-08-23 |
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L'arma | Marta Compagna | 1978-09-07 |
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Kolossal - I magnifici Macisti | Pauline Bonaparte | 1977-01-01 |
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Goodbye & Amen | Aliki | 1977-12-23 |
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Il prefetto di ferro | Anna | 1977-09-23 |
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Il comune senso del pudore | Armida Ballarin | 1976-03-09 |
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A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere | Gabriella Sansoni | 1975-02-19 |
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Libera, amore mio... | Libera Valente | 1975-03-21 |
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Qui comincia l'avventura | Claudia | 1975-09-17 |
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I Guappi | Lucia Esposito | 1974-02-23 |
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Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno | Professor's Wife (uncredited) | 1974-12-20 |
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Fury | Anya | 1973-01-01 |
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L'udienza | Aiche | 1972-03-31 |
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La Scoumoune | Georgia Saratov | 1972-12-12 |
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Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata | Carmela | 1971-12-22 |
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Les pétroleuses | Marie Sarrazin | 1971-12-16 |
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Popsy Pop | Popsy Pop | 1971-03-10 |
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The Adventures of Gerard | Teresa, Countess of Morales | 1970-07-03 |
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Certo, certissimo, anzi... probabile | Marta Chiaretti | 1969-11-06 |
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Красная палатка | Valeria | 1969-12-23 |
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Nell'anno del Signore | Giuditta Di Castro | 1969-10-24 |
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Ruba al prossimo tuo | Esmeralda Marini | 1968-09-27 |
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Il giorno della civetta | Rosa Nicolosi | 1968-02-17 |
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C'era una volta il West | Jill | 1968-12-21 |
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The Hell with Heroes | Elena | 1968-08-28 |
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Don't Make Waves | Laura | 1967-06-20 |
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Una rosa per tutti | Rosa | 1967-01-18 |
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Blindfold | Vicky Vicenti | 1966-05-23 |
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Lost Command | Aisha | 1966-05-01 |
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Le fate | Armenia ("Fata Armenia") | 1966-04-21 |
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The Professionals | Maria | 1966-11-01 |
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Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa... | Sandra Dawson | 1965-09-16 |
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Circus World | Toni Alfredo | 1964-06-25 |
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La ragazza di Bube | Mara | 1964-01-24 |
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Gli indifferenti | Carla | 1964-09-24 |
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Il magnifico cornuto | Maria Grazia | 1964-10-19 |
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8½ | Claudia | 1963-02-14 |
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Il gattopardo | Angelica Sedara / Bastiana | 1963-03-27 |
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The Pink Panther | The Princess Dala | 1963-12-18 |
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Cartouche | Vénus | 1962-03-07 |
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Senilità | Angiolina Zarri | 1962-03-08 |
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La ragazza con la valigia | Aida Zepponi | 1961-02-09 |
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Les lions sont lâchés | Albertine Ferran | 1961-09-20 |
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La viaccia | Bianca | 1961-06-13 |
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Auguste | Cameo Appearance (uncredited) | 1961-10-24 |
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Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Ginetta | 1960-10-07 |
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Austerlitz | Pauline Bonaparte | 1960-06-17 |
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I delfini | Fedora Santini | 1960-10-05 |
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Il bell'Antonio | Barbara Puglisi | 1960-03-04 |
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Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti | Carmelina Nicosia | 1959-12-19 |
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La prima notte | Angelica | 1959-02-27 |
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Vento del Sud | Grazia Macri | 1959-01-01 |
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Goha | Amina | 1959-05-06 |
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Un maledetto imbroglio | La servetta, Assuntina | 1959-10-24 |
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Upstairs and Downstairs | Maria | 1959-11-02 |
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Il magistrato | Maria | 1959-10-07 |
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3 straniere a Roma | Marisa | 1958-11-02 |
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I soliti ignoti | Carmelina | 1958-07-26 |
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Les Anneaux d'Or | A young woman | 1956-01-01 |
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Second to Nun | Self - Festival Actress |
