| Simonetta Stefanelli |
| Born |
30 November 1954 (1954-11-30) (age 57)
Rome, Italy |
| Occupation |
Actress |
| Years active |
1968–92 |
| Spouse |
Michele Placido (?-1994) (divorced) 3 children |
Simonetta Stefanelli (born 30 November 1954) is an Italian film actress. She is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather (1972), in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's wife. Stefanelli was only 17 at the time the movie came out (and only 16 when the filming was done in 1971) and relatively unknown.[1]
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Stefanelli 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.
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,[2] but they divorced in 1994. Stefanelli owns and operates a fashion store in Rome called Simo Bloom, where she designs purses and shoes.
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Stefanelli, Simonetta |
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| Date of birth |
30 November 1954 |
| Place of birth |
Rome, Italy |
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