{"id":34725,"date":"2025-09-24T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/34725\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:49:08","slug":"italian-movie-star-claudia-cardinale-dies-at-age-of-87-dw-09-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/34725\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian movie star Claudia Cardinale dies at age of 87 \u2013 DW \u2013 09\/24\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian screen legend Claudia Cardinale<\/a> has died at the age of 87 in Nemours, France, her agent said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Cardinale was surrounded by her family at the time of her death, according to\u00a0her agent.<\/p>\n

The famous star starred in some of the most celebrated\u00a0films<\/a> of the 1960s and 1970s, entrancing\u00a0audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze\u00a0that made her the muse of filmmakers.<\/p>\n

Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli called her “one of the greatest Italian actresses of all time,” and the embodiment of “Italian grace.”<\/p>\n

An icon of Italian cinema<\/p>\n

Born in Tunis in 1938 to Sicilian parents, Cardinale grew up speaking\u00a0French, Arabic and Sicilian, once describing her childhood in the North African country as a “golden age” filled with “magical moments.”<\/p>\n

Cardinale’s career began\u00a0at the age of 17 after winning a beauty contest that\u00a0crowned her “the most beautiful Italian woman in Tunis.”<\/p>\n

This was her ticket to\u00a0the Venice Film Festival<\/a>, and led\u00a0to her appearing in more than 100 films over five decades.<\/p>\n

“The fact I’m making movies is just an accident,” she said in 2002.\u00a0“When they asked me ‘do you want to be in the movies?’ I said no and they insisted for six months.”<\/p>\n

She is best known for her work in Federico Fellini’s “8\u00bd,” Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard” and Sergio Leone’s\u00a0“Once Upon a Time in the West.”<\/p>\n

She worked\u00a0with leading directors across Europe and Hollywood, and starred alongside actors including Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Henry Fonda. She also earned critical acclaim for her theater\u00a0performances.<\/p>\n

Her accolades include\u00a0the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlinale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An advocate of\u00a0women\u2019s rights<\/p>\n

Cardinale was often described as one of Italy’s three great post-war icons, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She received lifetime achievement awards from both the Venice and Berlin film festivals and was named a UNESCO goodwill ambassador in 2000 for her advocacy on women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

As a UNESCO ambassador and supporter of the #MeToo and Time’s Up\u00a0movements, she campaigned for freedom, independence and female self-determination, speaking of her own rape at the beginning of her career.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on how cinema had shaped her life, she said she was grateful.<\/p>\n

“They gave me everything,” Cardinale had said. “It’s marvelous to live so many lives.”<\/p>\n

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