Claudia Cardinale, an actress who symbolized the golden age of Italian cinema, dies

Claudia Cardinale, an actress who defined the golden age of Italian cinema, died on Tuesday, the 23rd, at the age of 87, in Nemours, France. She lived in the Île-de-France region, near Paris.

Born in 1938, in what is now Tunisia, Cardinale was the daughter of a Sicilian familyShe held Italian and French citizenship. With her exuberant beauty and husky voice, she stood out in the 1960s and 1970s as one of the greatest actresses in European cinema.

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It was directed by names such as Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Sergio Leone. Among her best-known roles are Eight and a half (1963) The Pink Panther (1963) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Fitzcarraldo (1982).

The actress was also a symbol of the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, she was honored on the poster for the 70th edition of the event. After her death was announced, Cannes Mayor David Lisnard mourned her loss: "Her career was a masterpiece in itself. Claudia Cardinale leaves an indelible mark on the history of cinema and, therefore, intrinsically, on the history of Cannes."

In recent years, Cardinale had withdrawn from public life.