Claudia Cardinale

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Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale at Cannes in 2010
Born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale
(1938-04-15) 15 April 1938
Tunis, Tunisia
Residence Rome, Italy
Paris, France
Occupation actress
Years active 1958–present
Spouse(s) Franco Cristaldi (1966–1975)
Partner(s) Pasquale Squitieri (1975–present)
Children Patrizio
Claudia

Claudia Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress who appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French.

Early life

Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale in La Goulette, a neighborhood of Tunis, Tunisia.[citation needed] Her mother, Yolande Greco, was born in Tunisia to Sicilian emigrants from Trapani. Her father was a Sicilian railway worker, born in Gela. Her native languages were French, Tunisian Arabic, and the Sicilian language of her parents.[citation needed] She did not learn to speak Italian until she had already begun to be cast for Italian films.[1]

Career

In 1957, Cardinale won the Italian embassy's 'Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia' contest. The contest included a trip to the Venice Film Festival, bringing Cardinale to the attention of the Italian movie industry. Her feature film debut was Goha (1957), a French-Tunisian co-production. After attending the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome for two months, she signed a seven-year contract with the Vides studios. In 1958, she had a role in the major international success I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street). Her early career was largely managed by studio producer Franco Cristaldi, to whom Cardinale was married from 1966 until 1975.

Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in some of the most acclaimed Italian and European films of the period, including Luchino Visconti's Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers 1960) and Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Philippe de Broca's Cartouche (1963), Federico Fellini's Otto e mezzo (8½ 1963), and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). In Cardinale's early Italian films, another actress's voice was dubbed in place of Cardinale's because her naturally deep, hoarse voice (which later became one of the reasons of her success) contrasted with her feminine appearance. It's also said that she initially spoke Italian with a slight French accent – something that, reportedly, bothered Italian audiences of the time. Not until 8½ was she allowed to dub her own dialogue.[2]

In Don't Make Waves (1967)

Because Cardinale was not interested in leaving Europe for extended periods of time, she never made a real attempt to break into the American market. The list of her Hollywood films includes The Pink Panther (1963), Circus World (1964), Blindfold (1965), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967), and Son of the Pink Panther (1993).

A photograph of Cardinale was featured in the original gatefold artwork to Bob Dylan's album Blonde on Blonde (1966); but because it was used without Cardinale's permission, the photo was removed from the cover art in later pressings.[3]

In Visconti's Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (known as Sandra in the USA and Of A Thousand Delights in the UK, 1965) she plays a Holocaust survivor who may have had an incestuous relationship with her brother. In Comencini's La storia (from Elsa Morante's novel), Cardinale plays a widow raising a son during World War II, and gave another well-received performance. Other memorable performances include Valerio Zurlini's Girl with a Suitcase and Mauro Bolognini's Libera, Amore Mio.

Cardinale has remained active through the decades. Her later films include Qui comincia l'avventura (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Un homme amoureux (1987), Mayrig (1991), Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999), And now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002), and the critically acclaimed gay-themed Le fil (The String, 2010) playing a Tunisian mother with a tempestuous relationship with her French-educated gay son.

Cardinale has been honoured at nearly every major film festival. She was a tributee at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival and was the guest of honour at the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival.[4] She won the Golden Orange Best Actress Award for the movie Signora Enrica (2010) from the Antalya Film Festival in Turkey. She has been given lifetime achievement awards from festivals in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Armenia, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Australia, the UK and US. The Los Angeles Times Magazine, in a February 2011 online feature, named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history.[5]

Personal life

Circa 1960

Claudia Cardinale was married to Italian film producer Franco Cristaldi from 1966 until their divorce in 1975. She has lived with Pasquale Squitieri, an Italian film director, since 1975.[6]

Claudia has two children: Patrizio, who was born out of wedlock when she was 19 and later adopted by Cristaldi,[7] and Claudia, whose biological father is Squitieri.[8]

Cardinale is a political liberal who has supported feminist and gay rights causes over the years. She has frequently stated her pride in her Tunisian background (she was raised speaking fluent Arabic) and her roots in Arabic culture – as evidenced by her book Ma Tunisie and her appearance as herself in the Tunisian film Un été à La Goulette ("A Summer in La Goulette").

She wrote an autobiography, with Anne Mori, Moi Claudia, Toi Claudia.

Cardinale has been a regular attendee of the Academy Awards. She was awarded an honorary Golden Lion at the 1993 Venice Film Festival, and an honorary Golden Bear award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.

Cardinale has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defense of Women's Rights since 1999. She was a goodwill ambassador for the UNESCO World Water Day for 2006, supporting that year's theme of "Water and Culture" by declaring her support for Powerstock,[citation needed] a sustainable electronic music festival that proposes a "water-consciousness" for youth culture and seeks to make sustainability an integral part of mainstream culture.

Filmography

The Leopard (1963).
At the Women's World Award 2009

Cinema

Television

  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
  • Princess Daisy (1983)
  • La Storia (1986)
  • Naso di cane (1986)
  • La Révolution française (1989)
  • Flash - Der Fotoreporter, episode Das Zweite Gesicht der Aida (1993)
  • Mayrig (1993)
  • 10-07: L'affaire Zeus (1995)
  • Nostromo (1996)
  • Deserto di fuoco (1997)
  • Mia per sempre (1998)
  • Élisabeth - Ils sont tous nos enfants (2000)
  • Hold-up à l'italienne (2008)
  • Il giorno della Shoah (2010)

References

  1. ↑ Moi, Claudia, toi, Claudia: Le Roman d'une Vie, by Claudia Cardinale, Anna Mori, B. Grasset, 11 October 1995
  2. ↑ "8½," Criterion Collection DVD, featured commentary track.
  3. ↑ The "Blonde On Blonde" Missing Pictures. searchingforagem.com
  4. ↑ "Claudia Cardinale invited to 47th Altın Portakal fest". Today's Zaman. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  5. ↑ Georges, Cary; Leiba, Freddie (2011 02). "The 50 Most Beautiful Women in Film". Retrieved 2011-06-10. 
  6. ↑ Claudia Cardinale. lovegoddess.info
  7. ↑ "Film Star Reveals Secret of Baby Son". The Sun Herald. 16 April 1967. 
  8. ↑ Claudia Cardinale. biography-center.com

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