Claudia Cardinale, an icon of cinema in the 1960s, died tonight at the age of 87 in Nemours, near Paris, where she lived. Born in Tunis, Claudia Cardinale starred with the greatest directors, including Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Richard Brooks, Henri Verneuil and Sergio Leone. His first Italian film is the usual unknown (1958) by Mario Monicelli, but the first important role was in a cursed cheat (1959) by Pietro Germi. He participated in Il Gattopardo di Luchino Visconti and 8 and a half of Federico Fellini. Claudia Cardinale was married to the Italian film producer Franco Cristaldi (1966), but their coexistence had started many years earlier, although kept secret due to the Italian laws that did not allow divorce, since Cristaldi was previously married.