Simonetta Stefanelli

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-11-30 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Simonetta Stefanelli

Biography

Simonetta Stefanelli (born 30 November 1954) is an Italian actress, entrepreneur and fashion designer. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her other roles include appearances in Moses the Lawgiver, Scandal in the Family and Three Brothers. In 1992, Stefanelli made her last film appearance in the drama Le amiche del cuore (Close Friends) directed by her then husband Michele Placido. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1974

1981

1981

The Hawk and the Dove

as Rita Alemani

1972

The Godfather

as Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence

1974

Young Lucrezia

as Lucrezia Borgia

1973

The Big Family

as Mrs. Vitale

1971

Do Not Commit Adultery

as Maria Teresa

1992

Close Friends

as Giuliana

1981

Three Brothers

as Young Donato's Wife

1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

as Maureen McBain (uncredited)

1975

Intimate Relations

as Signora Flora

1986

Department Store

as signorina Romano

1990

The Godfather Part III

as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone

1971

In the Name of the Italian People

as 'Giugi' Santenocito

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