Tag: Classic Women

Proving that not all Austrians are short, dark-haired dictators with a sense of destiny, Senta Berger is simply exquisite:

Oh… did somebody say “color”?

Yeah, Hitler would have hated her too… because she’s Jewish.

We’ve looked at 40s-era actress Carole Landis before, but I think she’s worth further study:

As she approached 30, Carole started to despair that she was getting too old to get decent roles, so she committed suicide, at age 29.  This pic is reputedly the last one ever taken of her, and I think it speaks for itself.

Tragic.

I first saw Carole Bouquet back in the mid-70s at an art-house movie cinema in Johannesburg, in Luis Buñuel’s classic That Obscure Object Of Desire.  Good grief.

What’s that?  Color?  I’ll give you color:

And she hasn’t got any uglier as she’s aged, either:

Lovely.

As promised, here’s La Bella Claudia in glorious color:

And my favorite of them all:  Hot, dusty and in boots.

Que bella.

She passed away just this past week, at age 87.  I’ve featured Claudia Cardinale before (here), but this magnificent woman truly deserves a full post all to herself.  Let’s start with the black & white series:

And still beautiful, even as she aged:

Next week, Claudia in color.