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24 Sept 2025

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Actress Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87

Actress Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87

Acclaimed Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 87, according to reports.

She starred in more than 100 films and made-for-television productions, but she was best known for embodying youthful purity in Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, in which she co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni in 1963.

Cardinale also starred in Sergio Leone’s 1968 epic Once Upon A Time In The West, alongside Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda.

The actress died in Nemours, France, surrounded by her children, her agent Laurent Savry told AFP.

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