Simonetta Stefanelli (30 November 1954) is an Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy. Stefanelli was born in Rome. She is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather (1972), in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's wife. Simonetta Stefanelli was only 17 years old when she played Michael Corleone's first wife, Apollonia Vitelli, the daughter of a bar owner in rural Sicily. Stefanelli knew no English when she played this role and was relatively unknown.

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  • Simonetta Stefanelli (30 November 1954) is an Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy. Stefanelli was born in Rome. She is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather (1972), in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's wife. Simonetta Stefanelli was only 17 years old when she played Michael Corleone's first wife, Apollonia Vitelli, the daughter of a bar owner in rural Sicily. Stefanelli knew no English when she played this role and was relatively unknown. She also appeared in more than a dozen Italian films, sometimes in leading roles. In the 1992 movie Le Amiche del Cuore (a.k.a. Close Friends), she plays the character Giuliana. She was also known to have posed for Playboy in 1974. 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, but they divorced in 1994. There have been numerous hoax reports of the death of Stefanelli, including that she'd died of cancer in July 2006. In reality, Stefanelli owns and operates a fashion store in Rome called Simo Bloom, where she designs purses and shoes.
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  • Simonetta Stefanelli (30 November 1954) is an Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy. Stefanelli was born in Rome. She is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather (1972), in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's wife. Simonetta Stefanelli was only 17 years old when she played Michael Corleone's first wife, Apollonia Vitelli, the daughter of a bar owner in rural Sicily. Stefanelli knew no English when she played this role and was relatively unknown.
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