Personal life: Cardinale's first language(s) were French and Sicilian

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|date=14 April 2018 |access-date=12 August 2020 }} | {{cite news |url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale|work= Italy Magazine |title= Interview with Claudia Cardinale |author1=Gani, Martin |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=12 August 2020 }}}} until Squitieri died on 18 February 2017, aged 78.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/cinema_morto_regista_squitieri-2267056.html|title=Lutto nel cinema: è morto Squitieri, sceneggiatore e regista|date=18 February 2017|website=Il Mattino|language=it|access-date=12 April 2020}} They had a daughter, Claudia.{{cite web|url=http://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale |title=Interview with Claudia Cardinale |work=Italy Magazine |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804013211/http://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale |archive-date= 4 August 2015 }} Her niece [[Francesca Cardinale|Francesca]] is also an actress.{{cite web|url=http://rosato.it/2013/07/22/rosato-conquista-forte-dei-marmi/?lang=en |title=Rosato Conquers Forte Dei Marmi |publisher=Rosato |access-date=21 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807230900/http://rosato.it/2013/07/22/rosato-conquista-forte-dei-marmi/?lang=en |archive-date= 7 August 2016 }}
|date=14 April 2018 |access-date=12 August 2020 }} | {{cite news |url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale|work= Italy Magazine |title= Interview with Claudia Cardinale |author1=Gani, Martin |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=12 August 2020 }}}} until Squitieri died on 18 February 2017, aged 78.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/cinema_morto_regista_squitieri-2267056.html|title=Lutto nel cinema: è morto Squitieri, sceneggiatore e regista|date=18 February 2017|website=Il Mattino|language=it|access-date=12 April 2020}} They had a daughter, Claudia.{{cite web|url=http://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale |title=Interview with Claudia Cardinale |work=Italy Magazine |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804013211/http://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/interview-claudia-cardinale |archive-date= 4 August 2015 }} Her niece [[Francesca Cardinale|Francesca]] is also an actress.{{cite web|url=http://rosato.it/2013/07/22/rosato-conquista-forte-dei-marmi/?lang=en |title=Rosato Conquers Forte Dei Marmi |publisher=Rosato |access-date=21 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807230900/http://rosato.it/2013/07/22/rosato-conquista-forte-dei-marmi/?lang=en |archive-date= 7 August 2016 }}


Cardinale was fluent in [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[English language|English]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001012/bio |title=Claudia Cardinale: Biography |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120033449/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001012/bio |archive-date=20 November 2015 }} She was a heavy smoker for much of her life and smoked two packs a day. She only gave up the habit in the last year of her life.{{cite web|url=https://www.watson.ch/leben/people-news/818101910-claudia-cardinale-86-rauchte-44-000-schachteln-zigaretten|title=Nach 44'000 Päckli Zigis ist Schluss: Claudia Cardinale (86) ist jetzt Nichtraucherin|date=22 January 2025|accessdate=24 September 2025|publisher=Watson.ch|language=German}}
Cardinale was fluent in [[French language|French]], [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[English language|English]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001012/bio |title=Claudia Cardinale: Biography |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120033449/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001012/bio |archive-date=20 November 2015 }} She was a heavy smoker for much of her life and smoked two packs a day. She only gave up the habit in the last year of her life.{{cite web|url=https://www.watson.ch/leben/people-news/818101910-claudia-cardinale-86-rauchte-44-000-schachteln-zigaretten|title=Nach 44'000 Päckli Zigis ist Schluss: Claudia Cardinale (86) ist jetzt Nichtraucherin|date=22 January 2025|accessdate=24 September 2025|publisher=Watson.ch|language=German}}


Cardinale was a political liberal who supported [[feminist]] causes over the years. Although she lived in Paris, Cardinale was fiercely outspoken about being identified as an Italian, and was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'OMRI]] ([[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]).{{Cite web |title=Claudia Cardinale |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/351479/}} She was a [[UNESCO]] goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights since March 2000,{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/claudia-cardinale/ |title=Claudia Cardinale |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712045908/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/claudia-cardinale/ |archive-date=12 July 2015 }} and was a goodwill ambassador for the UNESCO [[World Water Day]] for 2006.{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38142&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=Claudia Cardinale participates in ETF Conference 'Skills for Progress' and the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research |publisher=UNESCO |date=22 June 2006 |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191400/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D38142%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}
Cardinale was a political liberal who supported [[feminist]] causes over the years. Although she lived in Paris, Cardinale was fiercely outspoken about being identified as an Italian, and was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'OMRI]] ([[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]).{{Cite web |title=Claudia Cardinale |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/351479/}} She was a [[UNESCO]] goodwill ambassador for the Defence of Women's Rights since March 2000,{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/claudia-cardinale/ |title=Claudia Cardinale |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712045908/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/claudia-cardinale/ |archive-date=12 July 2015 }} and was a goodwill ambassador for the UNESCO [[World Water Day]] for 2006.{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38142&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=Claudia Cardinale participates in ETF Conference 'Skills for Progress' and the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research |publisher=UNESCO |date=22 June 2006 |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191400/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D38142%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}

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