Claudia Cardinale

"Her dark, sultry sexiness has never gone out of style. Claudia was voted the Most Beautiful Girl in Tunisia, 1957. At almost 5' 7" tall, she's got a slinky model's body perfect for St. Tropez beaches or the Monte Carlo casino. In '63's Movie Life Yearbook her stats were given as 126 pounds, 37-22-36.

Alberto Moravia, one of Italy's most prominent writers and the novelist whose book was the basis of a Brigitte Bardot film, Godard's Contempt in '63, wrote a biography of Claudia in the '60s, the equivalent of a great American novelist like Thomas Wolfe writing a biography of a starlet in this decade ... from 1958 to '98 she appeared on 682 magazine covers around the world, from countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, and the USA ... 499 of these 682 magazine covers came from '60-'69 ... she appeared in the foldout -- not on the cover -- of the first edition of Bob Dylan's classic Blonde on Blonde record album in the mid-'60s, she's not identified and is surrounded by eight photos of Dylan; in subsequent editions of this album her image was removed; it was never explained why she was in there in the first place or why she was taken out ... Claudia also created waves in the '60s when she was wearing a miniskirt for a meeting with the Pope!"

"I'd have crossed the Sahara Desert to enjoy the pleasures of Tunisia's most fondlesome flower, Claudia Cardinale. With no disrespect to the more popular sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, in my humble opinion, Claudia was the most exotic and invigorating of the major Italian glamour girls of the fifties and sixties. With her signature raspy voice, large innocent schoolgirls' eyes and lusty Renoir figure, the amatory powers of Claudia Cardinale were potent to say the least. In the acclaimed film 8 1/2, Claudia plays the mythical "perfect woman" in what is basically Fellini's personal autobiography..."

"I already know who's destined to take my place. There can be only one, and one alone. After BB comes CC, no?" (Brigitte Bardot)

"If you ask me, Claudia Cardinale is, after spaghetti, Italy's happiest invention". (David Niven)

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[kseniabbspb]

потрясающая! Дина, спасибо)

она у меня сразу после ББ любимица. я это видео уже не первый раз пересматриваю... и тут оказалось, что оно твоё! merci)

[gatabella3]

@kseniabbspb Рада, что тебе нравится, Ксения))

[cloudidogz]

Watching again, I just love the stills! 5:49 is absolutely stunning and rare! amazing job, Dina!

[gatabella3]

@cloudidogz Thank you, Doug! :D

I know a Russian girl who lives in Italy, she saw Claudia Cardinale in the building of Unesco! 0_0 She says Claudia is very sweet and polite, and even said "Hello!"

[sylvie510]

plz tell me the song name and artist sounds pink floydish

[gatabella3]

@sylvie510 Le Vibrazioni, "Ovunque Andro".

[gladio4ever]

goddess ... MUCH prettier than Brigitte bardot, Marilyn Monroe or any other of her contemporaries... and she also has a lot more personality

[redrosebutterfly13]

Very beautiful lady! You did such a lovely job with the video! WOW :D

[beka2marie]

Her eyes look alot like brigitte bardot.....she is very beautiful but I don't think that she is prettier than Marilyn or brigitte! She ranks with them and all are gorgeous & very sexy as well. I especially love these classical women because they were natural in every shape & form!

[italianoettore]

Eccellente...!!!

[kseniabbspb]

@gatabella3

))

[ewealth247]

Beutiful Absolutely Superb :) x

[Asxhmoula]

What's with all the frickin eye make-up?

[opolopp]

BEAUTIFUL! <33