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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 .
She is portrayed by Simonetta Stefanelli in the film adaptation of the same name. She also appears in flashbacks in The Godfather Part III . Apollonia is a young Sicilian woman of Greek descent born in 1931 who meets Michael Corleone during his exile in Sicily .
Michael falls in love with and marries a young local woman named Apollonia Vitelli (Simonetta Stefanelli). Back in the United States, Sonny is murdered. Back in the United States, Sonny is murdered. After Michael is notified of Sonny's murder, he and Apollonia prepare to move to Siracusa , but she is killed by a car bomb meant for Michael ...
Al Pacino and Simonetta Stefanelli in 'The Godfather.' When I finally hung up the phone with Francis, I was kind of in a daze. Paramount didn’t want me to play Michael Corleone.
The weight of the entire Godfather story rested on Pacino's shoulders, ... (Simonetta Stefanelli) in Sicily, Coppola was still blowing gaskets over Pacino's unique, often circuitous approach to ...
The Godfather Trilogy was released in 1992, in which the films are fundamentally in chronological order. [177] The Godfather Family: A Look Inside was a 73-minute documentary released in 1991. [178] Directed by Jeff Warner, the film featured some behind the scenes content from all three films, interviews with the actors, and screen tests. [178]
Russo was born in Manhattan on December 12, 1943 [2] and raised in Little Italy and Rosebank, Staten Island. [3] After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo acted in more than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as Albert Anastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chances Are (1989), The Freshman (1990), Side Out (1990), Another ...
Salvatore "Sal" Tessio is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather, as well as two of the films based on it: The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). His given name was created for the films; in the novel he is referred to only as "Tessio". In the film The Godfather, Tessio was portrayed by Abe Vigoda. [1]