Claudia Cardinale - biography

“But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.”

“I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress.  I’ve never revealed my real self or even my body in my films.  Mystery is very important.”

“If you’re not English, you’re a foreigner - so you must be sexy.  It’s an old British film cliche.”

“And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.”

“But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy.”

“Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.”

“It’s fantastic because I’ve been living thousands of lives, not only my life.”

“And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.”

“But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.”

“Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.”

Claudia Cardinale has appeared in the following films:
Tre straniere a Roma (1958)
Goha (1958)
I Soliti ignoti (1958)
Vento del Sud (1959)
Il Magistrato (1959)
La Prima notte (1959)
Anneaux d’or (1959)
Un Maledetto imbroglio (1959)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Il Bell’Antonio (1960)
Austerlitz (1960)
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960)
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)
I Delfini (1960)
La Ragazza con la valigia (1961)
La Viaccia (1961)
Les Lions sont lâchés (1961)
Auguste (1961)
Cartouche (1962)
Senilità (1962)
La Ragazza di Bube (1963)
8½ (1963)
Il Gattopardo (1963)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Gli Indifferenti (1964)
Il Magnifico cornuto (1964)
Circus World (1964)
Gli indifferenti (1964)
Blindfold (1965)
Le Fate (1966)
Lost Command (1966)
The Professionals (1966)
Sex Quartet (1966)
Una Rosa per tutti (1967)
Don’t Make Waves (1967)
La Amante estelar (1968)
C’era una volta il West (1968)
Il Giorno della civetta (1968)
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
Nell’anno del Signore (1969)
Ruba al prossimo tuo (1969)
Certo, certissimo, anzi probabile (1969)
Krasnaya palatka (1969)
The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata (1971)
L’ Udienza (1971)
Popsy Pop (1971)
Les Pétroleuses (1971)
La Scoumoune (1972)
Days of Fury (1973)
I Guappi (1974)
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (1975)
Qui comincia l’avventura (1975)
Il Comune senso del pudore (1976)
Corleone (1977)
Il Prefetto di ferro (1977)
Goodbye e amen (1977)
L’ Arma (1978)
La Part du feu (1978)
La Petite fille en velours bleu (1978)
Escape to Athena (1979)
Si salvi chi vuole (1980)
The Salamander (1981)
La Pelle (1981)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Le Cadeau (1982)
Le Ruffian (1983)
Claretta (1984)
Enrico IV (1984)
La Donna delle meraviglie (1985)
L’ Été prochain (1985)
Un homme amoureux (1987)
Blu elettrico (1988)
La Révolution française (1989)
Hiver 54, l’abbé Pierre (1989)
La Batalla de los Tres Reyes (1990)
Atto di dolore (1991)
Mayrig (1992)
588 rue paradis (1993)
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Sous les pieds des femmes (1997)
Riches, belles, etc. (1998)
Un café l’addition (1999)
Li chiamarono briganti! (1999)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Estrenando sueños (2005)
Le démon de midi (2005)
Tous frais payés (2006)
Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008)
Le Fil (2009)
Un balcon sur la mer (2010)