Overview

• Her agent, Laurent Savry, said she died in Nemours, France, with her children by her side.
• No cause of death has been released.
• Cardinale became an international star through roles in 8½, The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Pink Panther.
• Born in Tunis to Sicilian parents, she rose from a 1957 beauty contest to a career spanning more than 100 screen credits.
• She received lifetime honors in Venice and Berlin and later served as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, as tributes arrived from President Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s culture minister.