Barbara Billingsley

William Mortenson. Claudia Cardinale's fascinating life can be read in her autobiography "Moi Claudia, Toi Claudia" which unfortunately is not available in English. After their divorce, she married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she married Dr. She currently calls Paris her home. She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had two sons, Drew and Brud. Claudia Cardinale is a liberal with strong political convictions (She is a leftist involved in pro-women and pro-gay issues). She has also frequently stated that she is proud of her Arab heritage (She was born in Tunis) and is involved in many humanitarian causes. At the same time, she did the voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991, and gained a new audience completely. She has been married only once to the producer Franco Cristaldi but has been living with film director Pasquale Squitieri since 1975, and has two children ( Claudia Jr from Squitieri and her eldest son Patrick born out of wedlock from a mysterious Frenchman when the actress was only 18 and who was adopted by Cristaldi later on).

She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie and in a subsequent revival television series, Still the Beaver.
Cardinale remains active in European cinema, her later films include Qui comincia l'avventura (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982), La Storia (1985) and Un homme amoureux (1987). Her most famous line from the film, in which she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in popular culture for many years after the fact. Other great performances by Cardinale include Valerio Zurlini's "Girl With A Suitcase" and Mauro Bolognini's "Libera". After a long absence from the public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in 1980. It is a heartbreaking film with a stellar performance by Cardinale. The show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show ended, she was typecast as saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting jobs for years. In Comencini's "La Storia" ,Cardinale plays a widow raising a son during WW2.

She is best known for her role as matriarch June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Her performance in Visconti's underrated " Sandra/Of A Thousand Delights" is mesmerizing playing a Holocaust survivor with an incestuous relationship with her brother. These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers. She has appeared in more good European movies than most of her contemporaries. As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. Claudia Cardinale has proved herself to be one of Europe's most successful and endurable movie stars. She started her career in New York City, appearing in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked as a fashion model. Her Hollywood films include Circus World (1964), The Pink Panther (1964) and The Hell With Heroes (1968).

She was sometimes credited as Barbara Billinsley. She attempted halfheartedly to break into the US market but was let down by her lack of interest in leaving Europe for extended periods of time . Her professional name comes from the last name of her first husband, Glenn Billingsley. Claudia Cardinale became an international superstar with a mix of breathtaking beauty,a throaty distinct voice and impressive dramatic skills.One has to watch her Italian and French movies to really appreciate her dramatic prowess. Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Throughout the 1960s she appeared in many Italian or Italian co-financed films including Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1963), Federico Fellini's 8½ and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). I Cheated the Law (1949). Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi.

Pretty Baby (1950). She made her film debut in Goha (1958) and later that year had a role in the minor international success I Soliti ignoti. Invitation (1952). She had her break into films after winning a Tunisian beauty contest in 1957. Woman in the Dark (1952). Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Josephine Rose Cardin. The Lady Wants Mink (1953). Claudia Cardinale (born Good Friday April 15, 1938) is an actress born in Tunis, Tunisia to Italian parents.