"After getting the attention of Jacques Baratier through her appearance in a short film that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, Cardinale was cast in a minor role in her debut: 1958's "Goha," directed by Baratier and starring Omar Sharif. The film premiered in competition at Cannes. In the late '50s, Cardinale signed a seven-year contract with the Italian production company Vides, which was run by Franco Cristaldi, who Cardinale would actually be married to from 1966 to 1975."
"Highlights of this era include "Il bell'Antonio," "Austerlitz," "Rocco and His Brothers," "Silver Spoon Set," and "Time of Indifference." Her career really took off in 1963, when she appeared in both "The Leopard" and "8 1/2," two of the most acclaimed Italian films of all time. "8 1/2" actually marked the first time that Cardinale could use her own voice-she was always dubbed before that."
Claudia Cardinale won a Most Beautiful Italian Girl competition in Tunisia at 19 and built a decades-long film career. Her beauty, elusive charm, and mysterious presence defined roles in The Leopard, 8½, and Once Upon a Time in the West. She died in Nemours, France, as one of the few remaining superstars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. A Berlin Film Festival short led Jacques Baratier to cast her in her 1958 debut Goha, which screened at Cannes. She signed a seven-year contract with Vides. Breakthroughs included Big Deal on Madonna Street and 1963's The Leopard and 8½; 8½ let her use her own voice.
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