Morgana King, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morgana King

American singer and actress

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1930

Place of Birth: Pleasantville, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2018

Profession: singer, film actor, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Maria Grazia Morgana Messina (June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018), known as Morgana King, was an American jazz singer and actress.
She began a professional singing career at sixteen years old.
In her twenties, she was singing at a Greenwich Village nightclub when she was recognized for her unique phrasing and vocal range, described as a four-octave contralto range.
She was signed to a label and began recording solo albums.
She recorded dozens of albums well into the late 1990s. King had her debut and breakout role in film as Carmela Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974).
She had roles in three additional films including her latest performance in A Brooklyn State of Mind in 1997. She was twice married to fellow jazz musicians, first to Tony Fruscella and later to Willie Dennis.
Morgana died on March 22, 2018, in Palm Springs, California.