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King had her debut and breakout role in film as Mama Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She had roles in three additional films including her last performance in A Brooklyn State of Mind in 1997.
Carmela Corleone (1897–1958) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation of the novel, and in The Godfather Part II (1974). King also played Carmela Corleone in the 1977 television mini-series, The Godfather Saga. [1]
Aug 15, 2018 · The Godfather actress and jazz singer Morgana King has died aged 87. She played Carmela Corleone - the wife of Marlon Brando's Don Vito - in the first two Godfather films, alongside a Grammy...
Carmela "Mama" Corleone is a fictional character who appears in Mario Puzo's The Godfather, as well as its first two film adaptations. She is portrayed by Morgana King. She is the wife of Vito Corleone and the mother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie Corleone, and the adoptive mother of Tom Hagen.
Plays Mama Corleone in both The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), but refused to climb into a casket for the character's funeral scene. For that scene, Francis Ford Coppola had his mother Italia Coppola play the part.
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Maria Grazia Morgana Messina (June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018), known professionally as Morgana King, was an American actress and singer. She played Carmela Corleone, the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Born in Pleasantville, New York, in 1930, Morgana King was of Sicilian and Portuguese descent...
Aug 16, 2018 · King, who has died aged 87, would go on to be imprinted onto the psyche of millions as Marlon Brando’s very Sicilian wife in 1972’s The Godfather – Carmela “Mama” Corleone.
