Carmella Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. She is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Though she figures somewhat prominently in the book and the films, she is nowhere given a name and is only referred to as "Mama". She receives one seemingly as an afterthought in the DVDs' special features. Mrs. Corleone is portrayed by Morgana King, who is better known as a singer, and she is briefly given a chance to show some of her ...
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Carmella Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. She is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Though she figures somewhat prominently in the book and the films, she is nowhere given a name and is only referred to as "Mama". She receives one seemingly as an afterthought in the DVDs' special features. Mrs. Corleone is portrayed by Morgana King, who is better known as a singer, and she is briefly given a chance to show some of her vocal skills in the wedding reception scene of The Godfather.
In the novel, Mama Corleone is portrayed as a rather traditional Italian immigrant woman who speaks in very broken English (in the movies, her English is almost perfect) and develops a close relationship with Michael's wife Kay. She is given more interesting lines of dialogue in The Godfather Part II, notably when she confronts her daughter Connie about her acts early in the film, and when she discusses family life with her son, Michael, who is becoming worried as he realizes that...
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