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Mary Corleone
Mary Corleone
	Sofia Coppola portraying Mary Corleone
First appearance	The Godfather Part II
Last appearance	The Godfather Part III
Created by	Mario Puzo
Portrayed by	Sofia Coppola
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Gender	Female
Family	Corleone family
Relatives	Michael Corleone (father) ; Kay Adams-Corleone (mother) ; Vito Corleone (paternal grandfather; deceased) ; Anthony Corleone (brother) ; Sonny Corleone (paternal uncle; deceased) ; Fredo Corleone (paternal uncle; deceased) ; Vincent Mancini-Corleone (paternal cousin and lover) ; Connie Corleone (paternal aunt) ; Carmela Corleone (paternal grandmother; deceased) ; Carlo Rizzi (uncle; deceased)

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Mary Corleone is a fictional character in The Godfather Part III, portrayed by Sofia Coppola.^[1] She is the daughter of Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and sister of Anthony Vito Corleone.

The Godfather Part II

Mary first appears in The Godfather Part II as the younger child of Michael and Kay. She is a young child (aged about 4 or 5) in the late 1950s. Like her brother Anthony, Mary does not have a significant role or story arc in the film.

The Godfather Part III

Mary is sheltered from the violent world of the Corleone crime family. She falls in love with her cousin, Vincent Mancini, Sonny Corleone's illegitimate son. While the family is traveling in Sicily, Michael tells Mary he disapproves of the romance, believing that Vincent's growing involvement in the "family business" puts her life in danger. He fears that Mary could suffer the same fate as his first wife, Apollonia, who was killed by a car bomb intended for him 30 years earlier.

Toward the end of the film, Michael names Vincent as his successor, on condition that he break off his relationship with Mary. After her brother's debut concert, the assassin Mosca tries to kill Michael. One bullet grazes Michael's shoulder, but the other accidentally hits Mary in the chest, fatally wounding her. Michael is devastated by Mary's death, and screams in torment while cradling her dead body.

Casting

Sofia Coppola, the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola, was cast in the role of Mary Corleone after several choices dropped out: Winona Ryder discontinued her involvement with the film due to nervous exhaustion,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Julia Roberts due to scheduling conflicts,^[2] and Madonna was deemed too old for the part by some.^[6] Rebecca Schaeffer had earlier pursued the role but had been murdered by a deranged fan.^[7]^[8] It has been suggested that the situation further damaged Francis Ford Coppola's career and ruined Sofia's before it had even begun.^[9] Coppola has said that she never really wanted to act, and only appeared in the film as a favor to her father.^[10]

After filming, Sofia Coppola confirmed that she did not want to enter acting.^[10] It has also been suggested that Sofia's role in the film may have contributed to its box office performance, which started strongly and then went into decline.^[9] Coppola has said that her father based a lot of her character on her while writing the script, before she was even cast into the role.^[9] Sofia had herself worried that she had only been given the role because she was the director's daughter, and the role placed a strain on her during the time of shooting that her mother observed in a series of diaries she wrote for Vogue during the filming.^[9]

After she was critically panned for her performance in The Godfather Part III, for which she won Worst Supporting Actress and Worst New Star at the 1990 Golden Raspberry Awards, Coppola ended her acting career, although she appeared in the independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992), as well as in the backgrounds of films by her friends and family: for example, she appeared as Saché, one of Queen Padmé Amidala's five handmaidens in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).^[4] Coppola has since been quoted as saying that she was not hurt by the criticism from her role in The Godfather Part III, because she never especially wanted an acting career.^[11]

Sequel novels

Mary appears as a minor character in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge, although in the original novel, Michael's second child is a boy.

Family

Michael Corleone—Father; played by Al Pacino
Kay Adams—Mother; played by Diane Keaton
Anthony Vito Corleone—Brother; played by Anthony Gounaris in Godfather I, played by James Gounaris in Godfather II, played by Franc D'Ambrosio in Godfather III
Vito Corleone—Grandfather; played by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro
Carmela Corleone—Grandmother; played by Morgana King and Francesca De Sapio
Santino 'Sonny' Corleone—Uncle; played by James Caan
Fredo Corleone—Uncle; played by John Cazale
Constanzia "Connie" Corleone-Rizzi—Aunt; played by Talia Shire
Vincent Mancini-Corleone—First cousin; son of Sonny Corleone played by Andy García
Frank Corleone—Cousin; son of Sonny Corleone
Kathryn & Francesca Corleone—Cousins; Sonny's twin daughters
Santino Corleone, Jr.—Cousin; son of Sonny Corleone

References

^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Death in the family". The Guardian. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
^ "The Teenage Heartbreak of Sofia Coppola's Mary Corleone". TIFF. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b Gilbey, Ryan (4 July 2013). "Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity'". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ "Sofia Coppola Biography". Tribute. Tribute Entertainment Media Group. 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ Nick Browne, ed. (2000). Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy. Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780521559508.
^ Ojumu, Akin (16 February 2003). "Brad Silbering: The family that grieves together..." The Observer. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
^ "Death on Main Street". The Age. 8 March 2003.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gerosa, Melina (25 January 1991). "Storm over Sofia Coppola". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Time, Inc. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Revisited: Sofia Coppola". Interview. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Out of the Godfather's shadow". The Independent. London, England: Independent Print Ltd. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[1] "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

[theguardian.com-2] "Death in the family". The Guardian. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

[3] "The Teenage Heartbreak of Sofia Coppola's Mary Corleone". TIFF. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[Ryan-4] Gilbey, Ryan (4 July 2013). "Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity'". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[Tribute-5] "Sofia Coppola Biography". Tribute. Tribute Entertainment Media Group. 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[6] Nick Browne, ed. (2000). Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy. Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780521559508.

[7] Ojumu, Akin (16 February 2003). "Brad Silbering: The family that grieves together..." The Observer. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

[8] "Death on Main Street". The Age. 8 March 2003.

[:8-9] Gerosa, Melina (25 January 1991). "Storm over Sofia Coppola". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Time, Inc. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[:54-10] "Revisited: Sofia Coppola". Interview. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[11] "Out of the Godfather's shadow". The Independent. London, England: Independent Print Ltd. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

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-'''Mary Corleone''' is a fictional character in the ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'', portrayed by [[Sofia Coppola]]. She is portrayed as the daughter of [[Michael Corleone]] and [[Kay Adams]] and sister of [[Anthony Vito Corleone]].
+'''Mary Corleone''' is a fictional character in ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'', portrayed by [[Sofia Coppola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/20079/The-Godfather-Part-III/cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716160757/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/20079/The-Godfather-Part-III/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2014|title=The Godfather, Part III (1990)|accessdate=June 24, 2014}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Michael Corleone]] and [[Kay Adams-Corleone|Kay Adams]] and sister of [[Anthony Corleone|Anthony Vito Corleone]].
-==The Godfather Part II==
+==''The Godfather Part II''==
-Mary first appears as the youngest child of Michael and Kay. Like Anthony, she has not much of a role or story arc in the film.
+Mary first appears in ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' as the younger child of Michael and Kay. She is a young child (aged about 4 or 5) in the late 1950s. Like her brother Anthony, Mary does not have a significant role or story arc in the film.
-==The Godfather Part III==
+==''The Godfather Part III''==
-Mary, although close to her father, is sheltered from the violent world of the Corleone crime family. She is just as precious to Michael as her brother is to him. Upon meeting, she falls in love with her cousin, [[Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone]], who is also Michael's hotheaded protegé and heir to the business. While on a trip to Sicily, Michael disapproves of the romance, believing her marriage to his successor would put Mary in danger. After being appointed Godfather toward the end of the film, Vincent ends the relationship to protect her. She is killed anyway, however, by an assassin trying to kill Michael after an opera and accidentally shoots Mary instead.
+Mary is sheltered from the violent world of the Corleone crime family. She falls in love with her cousin, [[Vincent Corleone|Vincent Mancini]], [[Sonny Corleone]]'s illegitimate son. While the family is traveling in [[Sicily]], Michael tells Mary he disapproves of the romance, believing that Vincent's growing involvement in the "family business" puts her life in danger.  He fears that Mary could suffer the same fate as his first wife, Apollonia, who was killed by a car bomb intended for him 30 years earlier.
+Toward the end of the film, Michael names Vincent as his successor, on condition that he break off his relationship with Mary. After her brother's debut concert, the assassin Mosca tries to kill Michael. One bullet grazes Michael's shoulder, but the other accidentally hits Mary in the chest, fatally wounding her. Michael is devastated by Mary's death, and screams in torment while cradling her dead body.
-Michael is devastated by Mary's death, which happens as he is beginning to finally put his life as Don Corleone behind him and rekindle his estranged relationship with Kay Adams. A broken man, he retires to [[Sicily]], where he eventually dies.
+===Casting===
-==Behind the scenes==
+Sofia Coppola, the daughter of director [[Francis Ford Coppola]], was cast in the role of Mary Corleone after several choices dropped out: [[Winona Ryder]] discontinued her involvement with the film due to [[Neurasthenia|nervous exhaustion]],<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/15/features.weekend |title=Death in the family |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 15, 2000 |accessdate=August 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiff.net/the-review/the-teenage-heartbreak-of-sofia-coppolas-mary-corleone|title=The Teenage Heartbreak of Sofia Coppola's Mary Corleone|website=TIFF|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ryan">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/04/sofia-coppola-the-bling-ring-interview?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 |title=Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity' |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, England|first=Ryan |last=Gilbey |date=July 4, 2013 |accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Tribute">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/sofia-coppola/5248/ |title=Sofia Coppola Biography |work=Tribute|publisher=Tribute Entertainment Media Group |accessdate=July 5, 2013 |year=2013}}</ref> [[Julia Roberts]] due to scheduling conflicts,<ref name="theguardian.com"/> and [[Madonna]] was deemed too old for the part by some.<ref>{{cite book |title=Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9780521559508 |page=48 |year=2000 |editor=Nick Browne}}</ref> [[Rebecca Schaeffer]] had earlier pursued the role but had been murdered by a deranged fan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ojumu|first=Akin|date=February 16, 2003|title=Brad Silbering: The family that grieves together...|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/16/features.review|accessdate=August 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 8, 2003|title=Death on Main Street|work=The Age|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826526535.html}}</ref> It has been suggested that the situation further damaged Francis Ford Coppola's career and ruined Sofia's before it had even begun.<ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/01/25/storm-over-sofia-coppola/|title=Storm over Sofia Coppola|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time, Inc.]]|location=New York City|first=Melina|last=Gerosa|date=January 25, 1991|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Coppola has said that she never really wanted to act, and only appeared in the film as a favor to her father.<ref name=":54">{{Cite news|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/revisited-sofia-coppola-the-beguiled|title=Revisited: Sofia Coppola|magazine=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=April 15, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
-Sofia Coppola was given the role after the original choice, [[Winona Ryder]], became sick. Her performance was blasted by most movie critics <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/12/15/the_godfather_part_iii_1990_review.shtml BBC - Films - review - The Godfather Part III]</ref><ref>[http://projectionbooth.blogspot.com/2007/01/godfather-part-iii-1990-b.html The Projection Booth]</ref><ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/godfather_part_iii/ several reviews on Rotten Tomatoes]</ref> of the ''Godfather'' series.  In his ''Movie and Video Guide'', critic [[Leonard Maltin]] calls the casting of Coppola an "almost fatal flaw."
+After filming, Sofia Coppola confirmed that she did not want to enter acting.<ref name=":54"/> It has also been suggested that Sofia's role in the film may have contributed to its box office performance, which started strongly and then went into decline.<ref name=":8" /> Coppola has said that her father based a lot of her character on her while writing the script, before she was even cast into the role.<ref name=":8" />  Sofia had herself worried that she had only been given the role because she was the director's daughter, and the role placed a strain on her during the time of shooting that her mother observed in a series of diaries she wrote for [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']] during the filming.<ref name=":8" />
-Mary's aunt Connie Corleone is played by [[Talia Shire]] &mdash; Sofia Coppola's real-life aunt.
+After she was critically panned for her performance in ''The Godfather Part III'', for which she won [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]] and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]] at the [[11th Golden Raspberry Awards|1990 Golden Raspberry Awards]], Coppola ended her acting career, although she appeared in the independent film ''[[Inside Monkey Zetterland]]'' (1992), as well as in the backgrounds of films by her friends and family: for example, she appeared as [[List of Star Wars characters#S|Saché]], one of Queen [[Padmé Amidala]]'s five handmaidens in [[George Lucas]]' ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999).<ref name="Ryan"/> Coppola has since been quoted as saying that she was not hurt by the criticism from her role in ''The Godfather Part III'', because she never especially wanted an acting career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/arts/out-of-the-godfathers-shadow-514061.html |title=Out of the Godfather's shadow |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location=London, England|date=April 30, 2000 |accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
 ==Sequel novels==
-Mary appears as a minor character in [[Mark Winegardner]]'s sequel novels ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'' and ''[[The Godfather's Revenge]]'', although in the [[The Godfather (novel)|original novel]], Michael's second child is a son.
+Mary appears as a minor character in [[Mark Winegardner]]'s sequel novels ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'' and ''[[The Godfather's Revenge]]'', although in the [[The Godfather (novel)|original novel]], Michael's second child is a boy.
 ==Family==
-*[[Vito Corleone]] &mdash; Grandfather; played by [[Marlon Brando]]
+*[[Michael Corleone]]&mdash;Father; played by [[Al Pacino]]
-*[[Sonny Corleone|Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]] &mdash; Uncle; played by [[James Caan]]
+*[[Kay Adams-Corleone|Kay Adams]]&mdash;Mother; played by [[Diane Keaton]]
-*[[Connie Corleone|Costanza 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi]] &mdash; Aunt; played by [[Talia Shire]]
+*[[Anthony Corleone|Anthony Vito Corleone]]&mdash;Brother; played by Anthony Gounaris in ''Godfather I'', played by James Gounaris in ''Godfather II'', played by Franc D'Ambrosio in ''Godfather III''
-*[[Fredo Corleone]] &mdash; Uncle; played by [[John Cazale]]
+*[[Vito Corleone]]&mdash;Grandfather; played by [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Robert De Niro]]
-*[[Michael Corleone]] &mdash; Father; played by [[Al Pacino]]
+*[[Carmela Corleone]]&mdash;Grandmother; played by [[Morgana King]] and [[Francesca De Sapio]]
-*[[Anthony Vito Corleone]] &mdash; Brother; played by [[Anthony Gounaris]] in Godfather I, played by [[James Gounaris]] in Godfather II, played by [[Franc D'Ambrosio]] in Godfather III
+*[[Sonny Corleone|Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]]&mdash;Uncle; played by [[James Caan]]
-*[[Kay Adams]] &mdash; Mother; played by [[Diane Keaton]]
+*[[Fredo Corleone]]&mdash;Uncle; played by [[John Cazale]]
-*[[Carmella Corleone]] &mdash; Grandmother; played by [[Morgana King]]
+*[[Connie Corleone|Constanzia "Connie" Corleone-Rizzi]]&mdash;Aunt; played by [[Talia Shire]]
-*[[Vincent Corleone]] &mdash; First cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]] played by [[Andy Garcia]].
+*[[Vincent Corleone|Vincent Mancini-Corleone]]&mdash;First cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]] played by [[Andy García]]
-*Frank Corleone &mdash; Cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]].
+*Frank Corleone&mdash;Cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]]
-*Kathryn & Francesca Corleone &mdash; Cousins; Sonny's twin daughters.
+*Kathryn & Francesca Corleone&mdash;Cousins; Sonny's twin daughters
-*Santino Corleone Jr. &mdash; Cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]].
+*Santino Corleone, Jr.&mdash;Cousin; son of [[Sonny Corleone]]
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Fictional murdered people]]
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+[[Category:Film characters introduced in 1974]]
+[[Category:Characters in American novels of the 21st century]]
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+[[Category:Cultural depictions of the Mafia]]
+[[Category:Fictional Sicilian people]]
+[[Category:Fictional Catholics]]