| LC control no. | n 85014431 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | King, Morgana |
| Variant(s) | Messina, Morgana Messina, Maria Grazia, 1930-2018 |
| Located | Palm Springs (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1930-06-04 |
| Death date | 2018-03-22 |
| Place of birth | Pleasantville (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Palm Springs (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Singing Jazz Acting |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz singers Actors |
| Found in | Her Everything must change [SR] p1979: label (Morgana King, singer) Grove music online, Nov. 21, 2006: Jazz (King (Messina), Morgana; b. June 4, 1930, Pleasantville, NY; singer) Los Angeles times WWW site, viewed Aug. 15, 2018 (in obitiuary dated Aug. 14, 2018: Morgana King, a jazz singer who was perhaps better known for portraying Vito Corleone's wife in the first two "Godfather" movies, died March 22 in Palm Springs; she was 87; Maria Grazia Messina was born June 4, 1930, in Pleasantville, N.Y.; adopted the stage name Morgana King; after the "Godfather" films, King occasionally took other acting roles in movies or television shows, and she continued to perform in clubs and concert settings; entered a recording studio for the final time in 1992; after her last public performance, in 2000, she lived largely in seclusion in Palm Springs) |
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