Despite her success as an actress, her personal life has had a share of heartache. He pointed out that although Cardinale's screen time in the film was unfortunately not substantial, she set its comic tone; he praised the way she managed to turn Kinski, renowned for his volatile temperament and portrayals of megalomaniacs and criminals, into a "genuinely charming screen presence", adding a new dimension to his acting career. Tormented by thoughts of suicide, she fell into a state of depression. But I dont know if I can say it. And that husky voice is still very strong, and even youthful, as is the 80-year-old actress. Being born on 15th April 1938, Claudia Cardinale is 84 years old as of today's date 13th January 2023. [57] Cardinale remembered Visconti's set as having an almost religious atmosphere, everything focused on the film, far removed the outside world. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. But one of the films that I remember my mother speaking to me very fondly of was the first film where she was a protagonist, which was La ragazza con la valigia (Girl with a Suitcase) by Valerio Zurlini. [140], On 11 October 2018 she received the Tabernas de Cine award in the Almera Western Film Festival. Claudine Longet was a French-born singer and actress, best known for being the former wife of singer Andy Williams. Her natural beauty made her a star with film directors, almost begging her to appear in their films. 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. The comedy was a huge success, making Cardinale instantly recognizable. Cardinale made The Leopard and 8 at the same time, which made life complicated for the actress. I thought I was on the moon. Besides working on films, she has starred in several TV dramas among them Jesus of Nazareth, La Storia, Deserto di Fuoco, Nostromoand the recent one Bulle, Its more than 60 years ago since Claudia made her debut in the film industry. She also learnt the Sicilian language through her parents. I was always eating in his house with him., He rehearsed the film The Leopard as if it was a play. "[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. The appearance nonetheless marked her feature-film debut. But glaring gaps remain. [55][56] She participated in the two films during exactly the same period, frequently moving from one to the other and experiencing the strictly planned approach of Visconti which contrasted strongly with Fellini's much more relaxed style and his almost total reliance on improvisation. Passion and obsession intertwine in Fire of Love, With characters wise and reassuring, animated short The Boy, the Mole comforts. She got pregnant at the age of 19, giving birth to her son Patrick who was adopted by Franco during their time together. When I was 10, she was 50. She went with my father, who represents the second part of her life. It was Marlon Brando. She also realized she was increasingly unable to make decisions about her own life. He simply explained that she had gone to England to learn English for a film. She also featured in La Scoumoune with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Michel Constantin. Two years later, Cardinale went on a theatrical tour of Italy, performing in Luigi Pirandello's Come tu mi vuoi, which Squitieri directed. Things don't go well, starting with the sinking of the ship that brings them to Europe, costing them much of their personnel and equipment, but nothing can keep Matt from . [125], In 2005, Cardinale appeared in a Philippe Adrien stage production of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth, and in the 2006/2007 season also featured in another Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, directed by Andrea Liberovici, in which she played the character of Amanda. She took her luggage and left everybody (in Italy). After Cardinale decided to tell him everything, he published her story in Oggi and L'Europeo. [107] It entered the competition at the 1985 Venice International Film Festival. [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). She did not learn to speak Italian until she had already begun to be cast for Italian films. [80], At the beginning of 1967, Cristaldi joined her in the United States. [52] The interview was published in Esquire under the title "The Next Goddess of Love". Her beautiful curves, hoarse voice, brown skin, and long, brown hair attracted tremendous attention. To find out more, please click this link. Shes shooting a telefilm now in Switzerland called Bulle. She has a wonderful project in theater with contemporary theater writer Pierre Notte, who wrote a play for my mother., Its about a man who wants to become a woman, Cardinale said. . Visconti needed silence for his work while Fellini preferred noise and confusion. [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. They both later went their separate ways. Claude Josphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is a Tunisian-born Italian film actress who starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly. It moves men all over the world to imagine her both as an exciting mistress and wife. Object name: 0000347382-034.jpg. [60] She also played a Mexican marquessa in Richard Brooks' Western The Professionals, uniting her on screen once again with Burt Lancaster in what she considered to be her best American film. Just as she started to get some minor roles, Cardinale discovered she was pregnant by a man who had no interest in the child. Her daughter Claudia is the fruit of her relationship with Squitieri. At the time, Cardinale was not considered comparable to the two divas of Italian cinema, Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, but several newspapers and magazines including Paris Match began to consider her to be a credible young rival to Brigitte Bardot. The film, inspired by the story of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fermn Fitzcarrald, was shot on location in Brazil and Peru. Thereafter, she spent three years in the United States, where she starred in several Hollywood films. 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. Cristaldi, who adopted Patrick, planned to marry Cardinale but never told her of his intentions until they got to Las Vegas in 1966. In Once upon a Time in the West Jill (played by Claudia Cardinale) is a mail-order bride who arrives in the fictional town of Flagstone, Arizona, to find her new husband and his children murdered by a gunman named Frank (Fonda). The younger Claudia translated the answers of her mom, when she spoke in French and Italian. [104] In 1984, she played the love interest of Marcello Mastroianni in a Marco Bellocchio production of Henry IV, based on the Luigi Pirandello play of the same name. 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. They were married in Las Vegas, clarified her daughter. His wife was looking. [29] For seven years, Cardinale kept her secret, not only from the public but also from her own son, Patrick, who grew up in the family with her parents and sister more or less as a brother[30] until the day Enzo Biagi, a journalist, discovered the truth. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In Bolognini's films, thanks to her aesthetic femininity, Cardinale took roles of manipulative women who lead men to perdition. [103], In 1983, Cardinale had a role in the Waris Hussein miniseries Princess Daisy, and featured alongside Lino Ventura and Bernard Giraudeau in the French-Canadian film Le Ruffian. [51] In 1962, Cardinale was interviewed by the writer Alberto Moravia, who focused exclusively on her sexuality and body image in films, treating her as an object. Her father, Francesco Cardinale was originated from Gela, Sicily, before settling in Tunisia, where he worked as a rail worker. I was paid almost nothing. Her height is 1.73m tall, and her weight is 68 kg. After a role in another Squitieri film in 1978, L'arma, Cardinale portrayed Eleana, a Greek "gutsy brothel madame" and the girlfriend of Telly Savalas in George P. Cosmatos's adventure war film, Escape to Athena (1979). 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. [96] She still does, by the way (laughs).. [76], By 1966, Cardinale was being cited as the most popular film star in Italy, even more than Mastroianni and Loren. [54] She starred alongside Burt Lancaster in Visconti's The Leopard (1963) (Il Gattopardo), portraying a village girl who married a progressive young aristocrat (Alain Delon), and played a film actress cast by a director (Marcello Mastroianni) in Federico Fellini's 8. [87] In 1972, Cardinale appeared in Marco Ferreri's L'udienza, which was screened at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. [25], Although she worked well into her seventh month, Cardinale's pregnancy was kept a tight secret. Your subscription could not be saved. 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. [142], Claudia Cardinale met the Italian film producer Franco Cristaldi in 1958. In fact, it wasnt until she made Federico Fellinis Oscar-winning 1963 masterpiece 8 that international audiences heard her unique throaty voice. We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. [39] Mastroianni insisted that his feelings were genuine, even after many years. Cardinale's voice in the film was dubbed by Gale Garnett, who went uncredited. 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