Simonetta Stefanelli
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Simonetta Stefanelli (November 30, 1954 -July 23, 2006) is an Italian actress who was born in Rome, Italy. Stefanelli is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather (1972), in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's (played by Al Pacino) wife.
She has 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; they divorced in 1994.
