The doors of cinema opened for Claudia Cardinale like for most
Italian divas due to a beauty contest: She was beautiful and
studied inter- pretation at the Centro Sperimentale of Rome. With
only 17 years she debuted in small roles but she was widely
notified with her characterization of Sicilian women. Her marks
were her face, her brunette hair, her body and her typical voice.
After "Senilita (1961)" she was always in the first row. Among her
important films is to be mentioned "8 1/2 (1963)" of 'Federico
Fellini' (qv) with her partner 'Marcello Mastroiani'. She also
worked a couple of times with her husband P. Squitieri.
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