Carmella Corleone
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| Carmella Corleone | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Female |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Black |
| Born |
November 18, 1893 |
| Died |
February 23, 1959 (aged 65) |
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| Title(s) |
None |
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- "You can never lose your family."
- ―Carmella Corleone to Michael.[src]
Carmella "Mama" Corleone is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. She is portrayed by Morgana King and Francesca De Sapio.
[edit] Biography
Carmella Corleone was born to a Sicilian Family, many of whom lived near Corleone in Sicily. She married Vito Corleone on 1915, and soon on November 9, 1916, they had their first child, Santino. Carmella suffered several miscarriages in the following years, before giving birth to the sickly Frederico. At this time, Vito Corleone was struggling to make ends meet, as Massimo Fanucci had forced him out of his job at Abbandando's.
Vito killed Fanucci in 1920, and Carmella seemed to learn of this fact, as the entire neighbourhood began to treat him as a 'man of respect'. She brought Signora Columbo to Vito when the widow needed a favour, and her husband helped her out, later becoming godfather to her son.
[edit] Acceptance
Carmella became used to life in the Corleone Family, and she bore Vito two more children, Michael and Constanzia. She twice had to live with the harsher side of her husband's life, when he was shot by an Irish Gang in the late 30s, and by Virgil Sollozzo's men in 1945. Despite this, the two of them maintained a loving relationship, and Vito never sought a mistress.
[edit] The Move to Tahoe
After the death of Sonny and Vito, Carmella moved with Michael to Nevada, living in one of the houses in Lake Tahoe. She was often made to look after Connie's children when their mother went off with her latest man to Europe, and repeatedly chastised her daughter for this laclustre parenting.
Shortly before his Senate hearing, Michael sought his mother's advice about the deteriorating state of his family. She died shortly after this. Since Michael previously stated "I don't want anything to happen to him while my mother is alive.", it was at her funeral when Michael gave Al Neri the order to kill Fredo.
