Claudia Cardinale, a glamorous symbol of post-war Italian cinema who enjoyed a long and varied acting career on film and in the theatre, has died at age 87, according to AFP and other French media. Her early career was also complicated by a secret pregnancy which she said was the result of an abusive relationship. Shooting two films at the same time brought complications, with Cardinale recalling that she had to have different hair colours for the two roles. In an interview with the Guardian in 2013, Cardinale contrasted the approaches of directors Fellini and Luchino Visconti, who directed The Leopard. Awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin film festival in 2002, she said acting had been a great career.