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Description of Apollonia Vitelli Corleone:

Apollonia Vitelli was born in Corleone, Sicily in 1931, the third child of an Italian father and a Greek mother. Her family was protective of her as she grew into a beautiful young woman, and she met Michael Corleone shortly after he arrived in Sicily from New York City. After receiving the approval of Apollonia's father, Michael courted Apollonia in the Old World tradition (with the family chaperoning), and they married in 1948. They had a loving, yet short, marriage, and Apollonia began to smoke cigarettes and wear her hair in the American fashion. She even taught herself how to drive, which would unfortunately lead to her doom.