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Carmela Corleone (1897–1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola 's 1972 film adaptation of the novel , and in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Vincent Santino "Vinnie" Mancini is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He is portrayed by Andy García. He is the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone and Lucy Mancini. At the end of the film, he succeeds his uncle Michael Corleone as head of the Corleone crime family using the title Don Vincent Corleone.
Vincent asks permission to retaliate and Michael tacitly agrees, then formally retires and names Vincent as his successor, insisting that he call himself Don Vincent Corleone. Michael's guidance has made Vincent into a better man - patient, responsible, and wise. Vincent's first act is to order the murders of Lucchesi, Keinszig, and Gilday.
In 1980, Michael appoints his nephew and Sonny's illegitimate son, Vincent Mancini, to be his successor as Don of the Corleone family, allowing him to change his name to Vincent Corleone. In return for this, Michael orders him to end his relationship with Michael's daughter (and Vincent's cousin) Mary Corleone. Vincent assures him that he would.
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola 1972 film adaptation and in the 1974 sequel, The Godfather Part II .
A potential script, told in a similar narrative to Part II, would have included De Niro reprising his role as a younger Vito Corleone in the 1930s; Leonardo DiCaprio was slated to portray a young Sonny Corleone gaining the Corleone family's political power; [52] García as Vincent Corleone during the 1980s running the family business through ...
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.
King had her debut and breakout role in film as Mama Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). [4] [5] She had roles in three additional films including her last performance in A Brooklyn State of Mind in 1997. She was twice married to fellow jazz musicians, first to Tony Fruscella and later to Willie Dennis.