Career
Mussolini was twenty-eight years Petacci"s senior. Participant of their correspondence is still the subject of a dispute with the National Archives, based on privacy. On 27 April 1945, Mussolini and Petacci were captured by partisans while traveling with a convoy of Italian Social Republic members.
On 28 April, she and Mussolini were taken to Mezzegra and shot.
On the following day, 29 April, Mussolini"s and Petacci"s bodies were taken to the Piazzale Loreto in Milan and hung upside down in front of a petrol station. The bodies were photographed as a crowd vented their rage upon them.
Clara Petacci"s sister was actress Miriam di San Servolo (31 May 1923 – 24 May 1991), also known as Miriam Petacci or Miriam Day. Clara Petacci"s brother, Marcello Petacci, was captured with Mussolini and Petacci.
But, rather than being executed in Dongo, he was shot while trying to escape.
Claretta, 1984 film starring Claudia Cardinale
Other films
The American musician Scott Walker recorded a song about Petacci called "Clara" on his 2006 album The Drift
The Spanish nazi music band "División 250" also recorded a song about Petacci called "Clara"
Mussolini: The Untold Story, 1985 television-miniseries featured Virginia Madsen as Petacci
Mussolini and I, in which she is played by Barbara De Rossi.