Farewell to Claudia Cardinale, the last great star of Italian cinema
The last of the great Italian stars of the golden years of cinema died at the age of 87 in Nemours, near Paris, where she had been a permanent resident for some years
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Claudia Cardinale, the last of the great Italian stars of the golden years of cinema, has died at the age of 87, while her children were at her side in Nemours, near Paris, where she had been living permanently for some years. She starred in memorable films directed by the greatest directors, from Luchino Visconti, for whom she played the character of Angelica - her dance with Alain Delon was immortal - to Federico Fellini and Sergio Leone.
Born in Tunis on 15 April 1938, Claudia Cardinale is one of the most famous actresses of Italian cinema: she has won three David di Donatello and three Nastri d'argento, as well as the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement awarded to her at the Venice Film Festival in 1993 and the David, also for Lifetime Achievement, in 1997. Among her most famous films, alongside the leading actor Marcello Mastroianni, are Il bell'Antonio by Mauro Bolognini, La ragazza con la valigia by Valerio Zurlini, 8 1/2 (1963) by Federico Fellini and especially Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti, La ragazza di Bube (1963) by Luigi Comencini, La pelle (1981) by Liliana Cavani. She was also Pauline Bonaparte in Austerlitz, and Claretta Petacci in Claretta by Pasquale Squitieri. She had been living in France for some time.
