Pink Panther and Once Upon A Time In The West actress dies

Acclaimed Italian histrion Claudia Cardinale, who starred successful The Pink Panther and Once Upon A Time In The West, has died aged 87, according to French media reports.

The actress, who starred successful much than 100 films and made-for-TV productions, died successful Nemours, France, surrounded by her children, her cause told the AFP quality agency.

At the property of 17 she won a quality contention successful Tunisia, wherever she was calved to Sicilian parents, and was rewarded with a travel to the Venice Film Festival, kick-starting her acting career.

She had expected to go a schoolteacher earlier she entered the quality contest.

Cardinale gained planetary fame successful 1963 erstwhile she starred successful some Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 and The Leopard.

She went connected to prima successful the drama The Pink Panther and Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West successful 1968.

She considered 1966's The Professionals arsenic the champion of her Hollywood films.

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When she was awarded a beingness accomplishment astatine the Berlin Film Festival successful 2002, she said acting had been a large career.

"I've lived much than 150 lives, prostitute, saint, romantic, each benignant of woman, and that is marvellous to person this accidental to alteration yourself," she said.

"I've worked with the astir important directors. They gave maine everything."

Cardinale was named a goodwill ambassador for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for the defence of women's rights successful 2000.

She is survived by 2 children.