Mary Corleone - wikipedia 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 Information 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 ) Mary Corleone is a fictional character in The Godfather Part III, portrayed by Sofia Coppola. She is the daughter of Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and sister of Anthony Vito Corleone. Contents 1 The Godfather Part II 2 The Godfather Part III 3 Behind the scenes 4 Sequel novels 5 Family 6 References The Godfather Part II Mary first appears in The Godfather Part II as the youngest child of Michael and Kay. She is a young child ( aged about 4 or 5 ) in the late 1950s. Like Anthony, she does not have a significant role or story arc in the film. The Godfather Part III Mary is one of the pivotal characters of Godfather Part III, set in 1979 - 80. Her father 's favorite, she 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 torso, fatally wounding her. Michael is devastated by Mary 's death. Behind the scenes Sofia Coppola, the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola, was cast in the role after the original choice, Winona Ryder, fell ill. Rebecca Schaeffer was set to read for this role, as well, but was murdered by a deranged fan on the day she was meeting with F.F. Coppola. Coppola 's performance was panned by most movie critics, and earned her two Razzies for Worst Supporting Actress and Worst New Star of 1990. In his review of the film in his Movie and Video Guide, critic Leonard Maltin calls the casting of Coppola an `` almost fatal flaw ''. Mary 's aunt, Connie Corleone, is played by Talia Shire -- Sofia Coppola 's real - life aunt. 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 Vito Corleone -- Grandfather ; played by Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro as young Vito Santino ' Sonny ' Corleone -- Uncle ; played by James Caan Constanzia ' Connie ' Corleone - Rizzi -- Aunt ; played by Talia Shire Fredo Corleone -- Uncle ; played by John Cazale Michael Corleone -- Father ; played by Al Pacino 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 Kay Adams -- Mother ; played by Diane Keaton Carmela Corleone -- Grandmother ; played by Morgana King 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 Jump up ^ `` The Godfather, Part III ( 1990 ) ''. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ BBC - Films - review - The Godfather Part III Jump up ^ The Projection Booth Jump up ^ several reviews on Rotten Tomatoes The Godfather Novels The Godfather The Sicilian The Godfather Returns The Godfather 's Revenge The Family Corleone Films The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part III Video games The Godfather ( 1991 ) The Godfather ( 2006 ) The Godfather II ( 2009 ) Corleone family Vito Corleone Michael Corleone Tom Hagen Sonny Corleone Fredo Corleone Carmela Corleone Kay Adams - Corleone Connie Corleone Anthony Corleone Mary Corleone Vincent Corleone Sandra Corleone Family allies Genco Abbandando Luca Brasi Peter Clemenza Al Neri Frank Pentangeli Salvatore Tessio Family enemies Don Altobello Emilio Barzini Don Fanucci Moe Greene Johnny Ola Hyman Roth Louie Russo Joey Zasa Others Amerigo Bonasera Cardinal Lamberto Lucy Mancini Danny Shea Mickey Shea Billy Van Arsdale Aldo Trapani Albert Volpe Music The Godfather ( soundtrack ) The Godfather Part II ( soundtrack ) The Godfather Part III ( soundtrack ) `` Speak Softly, Love '' `` Promise Me You 'll Remember '' Miscellaneous List of minor characters in The Godfather series Mario Puzo Mark Winegardner Edward Falco Five Families Corleone The Godfather Effect The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions The Godfather Saga The Last Don Omertà The Sicilian Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Corleone&oldid=826290130 '' Categories : The Godfather characters Fictional American people of Sicilian descent Fictional characters from New York City Fictional characters introduced in 1974 Characters in American novels of the 21st century Fictional characters involved in incest Female characters in literature Female characters in film Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Polski Suomi Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 18 February 2018, at 08 : 43. 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Question: who played don corleone's daughter in the godfather
Answer: Sofia Coppola