# Claudia Cardinale has died at 87

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [September 24, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365 "2025-09-24T21:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365/1 "2025-09-24T21:05:55Z")

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I only ever knew her from The Pink Panther, but she was a contender for the sexiest Italian actress of the time long with Sofia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365/2 "2025-09-24T21:15:18Z")

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Honestly surprised she was still around.

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**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365/3 "2025-09-24T22:00:40Z")

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She had a heavy Sicilian accent, and her voice was dubbed for “The Pink Panther.” Blake Edwards thought Americans wouldn’t be able to understand her. Don’t know about her later movies. She was pretty hot there for a while (both professionally and personally, as I recall from my teenage years) but was one of those people who just disappeared after a time, rarely to be heard from again.

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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365/4 "2025-09-24T22:48:45Z")

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I think I saw her in Once Upon a Time in the West ; she was a really good actor.

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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365/5 "2025-09-24T23:08:38Z")

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I thought she was great in Fellini’s 8 1/2 too as a key character. I know I’d definitely seen her in those two films.