Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Italian actress
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale is an Italian actress. Born 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.Wikipedia
BornApril 15, 1938
HometownTunis, Tunisia
Net worth$10 million
Height5'8" (1.73m)
PartnerPasquale Squitieri , Franco Cristaldi
ChildrenPatrick Cristaldi
ParentsYolanda Greco , Francesco Cardinale
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