A sex symbol with girl-next-door appeal, she rose to fame in the 1960s and starred in more than 150 films, including the Oscar-winning ‘8½’ and ‘The Leopard.’

Claudia Cardinale in an undated photo. She appeared in more than 150 movies during her six-decade career in Europe.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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By Nina Siegal

Claudia Cardinale, a leading lady of Italian cinema in the 1960s, whose voluptuous beauty was celebrated by the film directors Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini as she drew acclaim as Italy’s “dream girl,” has died on Tuesday in Nemours, France. She was 87.