Actress Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87

Italian actress Claudia Cardinale was a huge star in the 1960s and 70s (AP)

Acclaimed Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 87, according to reports.

She starred in more than 100 films and made-for-television productions, but she was best known for embodying youthful purity in Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, in which she co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni in 1963.