She has starred in several acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English-language films.īorn and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the 'Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia' competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts, due above all to the involvement of Franco Cristaldi, who acted as her mentor for a number of years and later married her.
Pasquale Squitieri (1975–2017 his death)Ĭlaude Joséphine Rose ' Claudia' Cardinale ( French: born 15 April 1938) is a Tunisian-Italian actress.
