Overview
- Her agent, Laurent Savry, confirmed that Cardinale died on Tuesday, September 23, in Nemours, Seine‑et‑Marne, at the age of 87 near her children.
- A Tunisian‑born Franco‑Italian star, she became a defining face of 1960s auteur cinema with roles in Le Guépard, 8½ and Once Upon a Time in the West for Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini and Sergio Leone.
- She appeared in more than 150 films across Italian, French and international productions, maintaining a Europe‑focused career despite Hollywood offers.
- Her honors included the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement in 1993 and the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear in 2002, alongside later roles as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and founder of the Claudia Cardinale Foundation.
- Coverage revisited her disclosed early trauma and the long‑kept secret of her son Patrick under producer Franco Cristaldi’s influence, as leaders and cultural figures such as Emmanuel Macron, Rachida Dati and Gilles Jacob shared public tributes.