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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-11-30 (70 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.

Known For

Acting

1992

Close Friends as Giuliana

1990

The Godfather Part III as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone

1986

Department Store as signorina Romano

1981

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
The Hawk and the Dove as Rita Alemani
Three Brothers as Young Donato's Wife
Il falco e la colomba as Rita Alemani

1977

1975

Intimate Relations as Signora Flora

1974

Young Lucrezia as Lucrezia Borgia
I Have Met a Shadow as Gal Fabian

1973

The Big Family as Mrs. Vitale

1972

The Godfather as Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence

1971

Do Not Commit Adultery as Maria Teresa
In the Name of the Italian People as 'Giugi' Santenocito

1968

Once Upon a Time in the West as Maureen McBain (uncredited)