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Simonetta Stefanelli (Italian pronunciation: [simoˈnetta stefaˈnɛlli]; born 30 November 1954) is an Italian former actress.Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Carmela "Mama" Corleone is a fictional character who appears in Mario Puzo's The Godfather, as well as its first two film adaptations.She is portrayed by Morgana King.She is the wife of Vito Corleone and the mother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie Corleone, and the adoptive mother of Tom Hagen.
Michael Corleone is a fictional character and the protagonist of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. In the three Godfather films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards. Michael is the youngest son of Vito Corleone, a
Vito dies in 1955, and Michael succeeds him as head of the family. As Rizzi and Connie’s child is baptized, Michael's men assassinate the other heads of the Five Families and Las Vegas casino kingpin Moe Greene on Michael's orders. Hours later, Michael confronts Rizzi, saying he knows Rizzi set Sonny up to be murdered.
In 1971, the year before his novel The Godfather became a film, Mario Puzo wrote of growing up in Hell’s Kitchen as the son of Italian immigrants. The adults who surrounded him were “coarse ...
At the time, it wasn’t known that Francis Ford Coppola was preparing a new version of the movie, one that would be retitled “Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.”
Kay Adams-Corleone and Connie Corleone (Talia Shire) are the only female characters who are well-represented in The Godfather media. [2] In the opening wedding scene of The Godfather, Kay is the only female character who "speaks more than a few lines, and she only then asks questions", [3] which serve as a means to provide exposition about the male members of the family who dominate the story.
Originally from Englewood, N.J., Aprea was the son of Italian immigrants and began his acting career first in New York City in the 1960s, before moving to Los Angeles to star in movies including ...