ACTOR

Claudia Cardinale

1938 - 2025

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Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (Italian: [ˈklaudja kardiˈnaːle]; 15 April 1938 – 23 September 2025) was an Italian actress. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Italian cinema, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she achieved international recognition during a career spanning more than six decades. Celebrated in the 1960s as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and widely considered a sex symbol of the era, Cardinale appeared in more than 175 films, primarily in Italy and France, across genres including comedy, drama, spaghetti westerns, and historical epics. She collaborated with acclaimed directors such as Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, and Werner Herzog, and several of her films are regarded as significant works in the history of cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2024). Claudia Cardinale is the 32nd most popular actor (up from 45th in 2024), the 3rd most popular biography from Tunisia and the most popular Tunisian Actor.

Claudia Cardinale is most famous for her role in the 1966 film, The Professionals.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Claudia Cardinale ranks 32 out of 13,578. Before her are Amitabh Bachchan, Sarah Bernhardt, Sean Connery, Yul Brynner, Gene Hackman, and Morgan Freeman. After her are Jack Nicholson, Jean Reno, Romy Schneider, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Bud Spencer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Claudia Cardinale ranks 4. Before her are Juan Carlos I of Spain, Kofi Annan, and Beatrix of the Netherlands. After her are Romy Schneider, Bernie Madoff, Adriano Celentano, Queen Sofía of Spain, Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Giddens, and Leonid Kuchma. Among people deceased in 2025, Claudia Cardinale ranks 6. Before her are Pope Francis, James Watson, David Lynch, José Mujica, and Gene Hackman. After her are Mario Vargas Llosa, Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Boris Spassky, Robert Redford, and Richard Chamberlain.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Claudia Cardinale ranks 3 out of 210. Before her are Ibn Khaldun (1332), and Hannibal (-247). After her are Aemilianus (207), Terence (-185), Tertullian (155), Cyprian (200), Hasdrubal Barca (-300), Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), and Fatima al-Fihri (800).

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Among actors born in Tunisia, Claudia Cardinale ranks 1. After her are Sandra Milo (1933), Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939), Abdellatif Kechiche (1960), Hend Sabry (1979), Poorna Jagannathan (1972), and Dorra Zarrouk (1980).

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