Simonetta Stefanelli
| Simonetta Stefanelli | |
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Stefanelli in In nome del popolo italiano (1971)
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30 November 1954 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress, entrepreneur, designer |
| Years active | 1968–1992 |
| Spouse(s) | Michele Placido (1989–1994) (divorced) |
| Children | 3 children Violante Placido (daughter) |
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.
Stefanelli was married to the actor/director Michele Placido, with whom she appeared in a number of films, including the 1975 erotic drama Peccati in famiglia. They had three children together, including actress Violante Placido, and they divorced in 1994. Following their divorce, Stefanelli and her children briefly lived in London.
A hoax stating that Stefanelli had died appeared on the Internet in 2006, and then again in 2008.
Before appearing in The Godfather in 1972, Stefanelli had small supporting roles in numerous Italian films directed by renowned Italian directors — La moglie giapponese (The Japanese Wife) by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Non commettere atti impuri (Do Not Commit Adultery) by Giulio Petroni, Homo Eroticus by Marco Vicario and In nome del popolo italiano (In the Name of the Italian People) by Dino Risi. In 1972, she appeared in German television film Die Sonne angreifen (The Sun Attack) by Peter Lilienthal. The same year, she landed the role of Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in American crime film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan and Diane Keaton. Although she was only sixteen when the production began, and only seventeen when the film came out, her character was featured in the 1977 miniseries The Godfather: A Novel for Television.
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