Alicia Witt
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Claude Josephine Rose Cardinalewith Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroesand as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australiaand Claretta (1984), the last of which won her the Nastro d’Argento Award for Best Actress. In 1982, she starred in Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo as the love interest of Klaus Kinski, who raises the funds to buy a steamship in Peru. In 2010, Cardinale received the Best Actress Award at the 47th Antalya “Golden Orange” International Film Festival for her performance as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student in Signora Enrica.
Outspoken on women’s rights causes over the years, Cardinale has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women’s Rights since March 2000. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history.
But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.
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And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.
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Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.
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It’s fantastic because I’ve been living thousands of lives, not only my life.
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Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.
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But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands – fantastic.
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And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.
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But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy.
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