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Francis Ford Coppola’s sister Talia Shire played Corleone daughter Connie Corleone in all three GODFATHER movies.
“What kind of film is my son making?”
Francis Ford Coppola’s mother Italia Coppola is an extra in the restaurant scene when Michael kills Sollozzo and McCluskey in THE GODFATHER (1972).
Francis Ford Coppola’s father Carmine Coppola playing the piano in the “going to the mattresses” sequence in THE GODFATHER (1972).
Francis Ford Coppola’s sons Roman and Gian-Carlo Coppola are shirtless bystanders in the scene where Sonny beats up Carol Rizzi in THE GODFATHER (1972).
Roman and Gian-Carlo Coppola in their second scene in THE GODFATHER (1972), standing behind Michael and Tom Hagen at Don Corleone’s funeral.
Sophia Coppola as Michael Francis Rizzi in the infamous Baptism scene in her father’s film, THE GODFATHER (1972).
Francis Ford Coppola’s mother Italia Coppola (in the purple dress) seems more happy to be an extra at the end of the Baptism scene in THE GODFATHER (1972).
Sofia Coppola is the little girl in the background on the ship with the young Vito Corleone in THE GODFATHER PART II (1974).
Francis Ford Coppola’s Uncle Louie sitting next to Michael Corleone at Hyman Roth’s birthday party in THE GODFATHER PART II (1974).
Francis Ford Coppola’s son Roman Coppola played the role of the young Sonny Corleone in THE GODFATHER PART II (1974).
Francis Ford Coppola’s mother Italia put on a wig, hopped in the coffin and played the role of Michael Corleone’s dead mother for the wide shots in THE GODFATHER PART II (1974).
Appearing toward the end of HARRY AND TONTO (1974) as Celia is Sally K. Marr, mother of Lenny Bruce
In THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) Sean Connery and his trusty sidekick Michael Caine are on a quest for lost riches. Caine’s new wife Shakira Caine played the beautiful Kafir girl that “King Daniel Dravot” demands to marry, against the wishes of the high priest.
Martin Scorsese’s parents Catherine and Charles appear in TAXI DRIVER (1976) briefly at the end of the film in a newspaper clipping as Jodie Foster’s grateful parents.
Frank Stallone as a street singer in his brother’s 1976 film ROCKY.
Sylvester Stallone’s father Frank Stallone Sr. as the bell ringer in the fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed in ROCKY (1976).
Dom DeLuise’s wife Carol Arthur as the pregnant lady in the beginning of Mel Brooks SILENT MOVIE (1976).
A generous Rob Reiner giving a hitchhiking Steve Martin a ride to the end of the fence in THE JERK (1979). This is the only time Carl Reiner directed his son in a feature film.