Monday, September 29, 2025

NOTABLE DEATH ... CLAUDIA CARDINALE

By Bob Walsh

 

Claudia Cardinale as the Italian charmer in "Upstairs and Downstairs."


Claudia Cardinale died last week at the age of 87.  Her parents were Sicilian.  She got into movies after winning a beauty contest in Tunisia where her parents had immigrated to.  She was a huge name in Italian cinema in the 1960s and 1970s and did a respectable amount of international work.    

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

She was in the Pink Panther. The also played a solid role as a Mexican Revolutionary's girlfriend in The Professionals with Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan and Burt Lancaster. One of my favorite movies. RIP.