How tall is Claudia Cardinale?

Claudia Cardinale's listed height was 173 cm (5'8"). She was taller than about 98% of women in France.

Where 173 cm sits among women in France

Taller than about 98% of women in France born in 1938 (average 160.4 cm).

Cardinale next to her co-stars

Burt Lancaster is 12 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale (185 cm), The Leopard co-star.

Alberto Sordi is 2 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale (175 cm), The Conspirators co-star.

Alain Delon is 4 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale (177 cm), The Leopard co-star.

About Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale was an Italian-Tunisian actress, born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale on 15 April 1938 in La Goulette, near Tunis. She died on 23 September 2025. In 1957 she won the Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia competition, and the prize of a trip to Italy quickly led to film contracts, with the producer Franco Cristaldi acting as her mentor.

After making her debut in a minor role in Goha in 1958, Cardinale achieved international recognition during a career of more than six decades. She appeared in more than 175 films, mainly in Italy and France, across comedy, drama, spaghetti westerns and historical epics. She worked with directors including Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone and Werner Herzog, and in the 1960s she was celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the world.

Cardinale stood at a listed 173 cm (5'8"). She was 4 cm shorter than Alain Delon, listed at 177 cm (5'10"), and 12 cm shorter than Burt Lancaster, listed at 185 cm (6'1"), and she appeared with both in The Leopard. In The Conspirators she worked with Alberto Sordi, listed at 175 cm (5'9"), who was 2 cm taller than her.

Frequently asked

How tall is Claudia Cardinale in feet and inches? Claudia Cardinale was 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

How tall is Claudia Cardinale compared to Burt Lancaster? Burt Lancaster is 12 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale: 185 cm (6'1") vs 173 cm (5'8").

How tall is Claudia Cardinale compared to Alberto Sordi? Alberto Sordi is 2 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale: 175 cm (5'9") vs 173 cm (5'8").

How tall is Claudia Cardinale compared to Alain Delon? Alain Delon is 4 cm taller than Claudia Cardinale: 177 cm (5'10") vs 173 cm (5'8").

Is Claudia Cardinale tall for women in France? At 173 cm she was taller than about 98% of women in France born in 1938, whose average height is 160.4 cm.

Sources

• Claudia Cardinale on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Claudia Cardinale on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 173 cm.
• Claudia Cardinale on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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