Overview

• Agent Laurent Savry confirmed to AFP that Cardinale died in Nemours, near Paris, with her children present.
• No medical cause of death was disclosed by representatives.
• She became an international star with standout roles in Rocco and His Brothers, 8½, The Leopard, and Once Upon a Time in the West.
• Born in Tunisia to Sicilian parents, she entered film after a 1957 beauty contest led her to Venice and then Rome, with early Italian roles dubbed before her voice became a signature.
• Her later years brought a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadorship, lifetime honors at Venice and Berlin, a 2023 MoMA retrospective, continued work into 2022, and tributes from leaders in France and Italy.