Edna Best

She died in Geneva, Switzerland. Claudia Cardinale's fascinating life can be read in her autobiography "Moi Claudia, Toi Claudia" which unfortunately is not available in English. Edna Best has star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard. She currently calls Paris her home. They were the parents of the actress Sarah Marshall. 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. She was married to the actor Herbert Marshall from 1928 until 1940. 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 received a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1957 for her role in This Happy Breed.
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). Muir (both 1947). Other great performances by Cardinale include Valerio Zurlini's "Girl With A Suitcase" and Mauro Bolognini's "Libera". Among her other film credits are Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), The Late George Apley and The Ghost and Mrs. It is a heartbreaking film with a stellar performance by Cardinale. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. In Comencini's "La Storia" ,Cardinale plays a widow raising a son during WW2.