Italian screen icon Claudia Cardinale has died at the age of 87, her agent told AFP; she passed away in Nemours, France, surrounded by her children.
([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/claudia-cardinale-tunisian-born-star-italian-cinema-dies-age-87-2025-09-23/?utm_source=openai))
Cardinale was born in Tunis in 1938 and launched her film career after winning a beauty contest; her first screen appearance came in the drama Goha (1958), opposite Omar Sharif.
([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Cardinale?utm_source=openai))
Among her best-known performances are Federico Fellini’s 8½, Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard and Rocco and His Brothers, Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther, Cartouche with Jean‑Paul Belmondo, and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West.
([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/claudia-cardinale-tunisian-born-star-italian-cinema-dies-age-87-2025-09-23/?utm_source=openai))
Over a distinguished career she received honors from festivals including Berlin and Venice; one of her more recent film roles was in the period drama Effie (2014), which also starred Dakota Fanning.
([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Cardinale?utm_source=openai))
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