Simonetta Stefanelli 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 ...
Close Friends, Department Store, Three Brothers, Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale, Il caso Pisciotta, The Godfather, Man of the Year, The King is the Best Mayor
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[on working with Al Pacino] He would want to speak with me, I could tell. But sometimes it is not important to speak. When you have a good feeling, the eyes speak.
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[on why she did not do more Hollywood films] They wanted nothing more than to expose my body. I refused so much work.
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The Mafia has the same fascination as the monarchy. But I am not mafioso. I could never do that. I like to speak too much. I am not discreet. I would die immediately.
Gorgeous Italian actress best remembered for playing Michael Corleone's (played by Al Pacino) naive first wife, Apollonia, who is killed by a car bomb in The Godfather (1972).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le amiche del cuore
1992
Giuliana
Scoop
1992
TV Mini-Series
Non basta una vita
1988
TV Series
Stefania
Grandi magazzini
1986
Segretaria
Art of Love
1983
Widow
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana
1983
TV Mini-Series
Assuntina
Il falco e la colomba
1981
Rita Alemani
Tre fratelli
1981
Young Donato's Wife
The Godfather: A Novel for Television
1977
TV Mini-Series
Apollonia Vitelli Corleone
La nuora giovane
1975
Signora Flora
Scandal in the Family
1975
Doris
Moses the Lawgiver
1974-1975
TV Mini-Series
Cotbi
Lucrezia giovane
1974
Lucrezia Borgia
El mejor alcalde, el rey
1974
Elvira
Ho incontrato un'ombra
1974
TV Mini-Series
Gal Fabian
La profanazione
1974
L'onorata famiglia - Uccidere è cosa nostra
1973
Mrs. Vitale
Gli amici degli amici hanno saputo
1973
Il caso Pisciotta
1972
Anna
The Godfather
1972
Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence
Non commettere atti impuri
1971
Maria Teresa
In nome del popolo italiano
1971
'Giugi' Santenocito
Homo Eroticus
1971
Tano's daughter
Die Sonne angreifen
1971
TV Movie
Henia
La moglie giapponese
1968
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
Video
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
The Godfather: Part III
1990
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
Known for movies
The Godfather (1972) as Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence
$20 Million
