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  Carmela Soprano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis is the wife of fictional mafia boss Tony Soprano on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos, played by Edie Falco.
Carmela is also an observant Roman Catholic and has difficulty rationalizing both her husband's profession and her subsequent separation.
Carmela has a good, but distant relationship with her daughter, Meadow, who is now off at college, but she struggles with raising their son, A.J., who is a rebellious and uncontrollable teenager.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carmela_Soprano   (413 words)

  
 The Square Table
Carmela went to teachers college way back when but was forced to leave because she couldn’t pay tuition.
Carmelas were women who fought for their families, who fought for what was right, who were good women worthy of the name.
Carmela is a woman with salt and pepper hair, a woman with imperfections yet the courage to laugh at those imperfections and trudge through the mud of life, rising above its murky depths and striving for cleaner, clearer waters with a shining spirit that touches all who truly know what Carmela means.
www.thesquaretable.com /Spring03/carmela.htm   (655 words)

  
 Fans Of Reality TV - Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Carmela DeAngelis first laid eyes on her future husband in high school, where she and Tony Soprano appeared to be worlds apart from each other.
Carmela was acquainted with gangster life long before she took her first ride in Tony's Trans Am.
Carmela has spent the better part of her marriage contending with goomars, G-men and the strong possibility she'll be widowed in a bloody and violent fashion.
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/printthread.php?t=620   (361 words)

  
 Tony Soprano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony "Tony" Soprano is the fictional Street boss of the DiMeo family in the HBO TV series, The Sopranos, played by James Gandolfini.
He has a volatile relationship with his wife, Carmela, and a loving -- if somewhat overbearing -- relationship with his two children, Meadow and Anthony, Jr.
His affairs and one-night stands and his inability to be faithful been a source of conflict between Tony and Carmela, leading to a brief separation in their marriage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Soprano   (528 words)

  
 Saint of Bleecker Street, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The priest Don Marco and Carmela try to hold the people back, and they are dispersed by Michele, her brother, angry at what he sees as mere delusions.
Annina and her friend Carmela are preparing a costume for a child taking part in the procession of San Gennaro.
Carmela now plans to marry, while Annina is still anxious to become a nun.
www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Saint_of_Bleecker_Street_The.htm   (301 words)

  
 tony
70 year old Livia Soprano is the widow of Johnny Boy Soprano and the mother of Tony and his 2 sisters.
Carmela's well aware of what Tony does for a living, and that konwledge can be tough to live with, but she manages in true "mob wife" style.
Tony and Carmela's second-born, Anhtony Jr., is a garden variety suburban adolescent, a worshipper at the nintendo altar, the apple of his mother's and grandmother's eyes and the bane of his older sister's existence.
www.geocities.com /sopranos_187/tony.html   (523 words)

  
 JS Online: 'Sopranos' is back, with a vengeance
"The Sopranos" began five years ago with a minor mob boss having an unexpectedly emotional reaction to the departure of some wild ducks from his suburban backyard.
Not much has changed for Carmela and Tony's daughter, but the actress who plays her, formerly Jamie-Lynn Sigler, married her agent last summer and now goes by the last name DiScala.
His decision to end "The Sopranos" after one more season, the sixth, has allowed him to draw us ominously close to what is not likely to be a comforting conclusion.
www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/mar04/211873.asp?format=print   (899 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Over the course of the season, we have seen Carmela fall out of love with Tony and in love with one of his soldiers, Furio, and her steal $40,000 from his birdfeeder.
Carmela had made herself completely undesirable to both Tony and the viewer, so when he finally ended the relationship, I was happy.
The relationship between Tony and Carmela echoes that of that between Carmela and her daughter, Meadow.
pages.emerson.edu /students/matthew_barnard/thedump/articles/sopranos.htm   (1312 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / TV / The beauty of Edie Falco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the most recent episode of "The Sopranos," Carmela Soprano sold her soul for a $600,000 parcel of land.
And it was solid evidence that Carmela, with a temper as sharp as her fingernails, will never be left to crawl with the worms, like Adriana.
Carmela could easily have become a purely kitschy creation, easy to mock with her hairsprayed coifs and her complaining New Jersey accent.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2004/06/03/the_beauty_of_edie_falco   (534 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Gospel According to Tony Soprano: An Unauthorized Look Into the Soul of TV's Top Mob Boss and His ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Carmela Soprano's faith is a large part of her character, but from that perspective no other character in the show comes close.
I enjoyed the chapter on "Carmela Soprano: The Queen of the Castle" more than "Tony Soprano: A Neo-Solomon from New Jersey," but that is probably due in part to the fact I find her to be the more complex character.
Livia Soprano is dealt with in a chapter entitled "Isolation: Ducks, Delusions, and Depression," but obviously an entire book could be devoted to this particular mother-son relationship; Dr. Melfi has been going at it for four seasons and look how far she has gotten with it in her sessions with Tony.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585421944?v=glance   (1837 words)

  
 The Sopranos - Wikiquote
Carmela Soprano: What's different between you and me is that you're going to hell when you die.
Soprano, you have to stay in a wheelchair until you leave the building.
Carmela Soprano: If you want her to be with him, just keep it up.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/The_Sopranos   (10696 words)

  
 Carmela Soprano: A portfolio you can't refuse - Sep. 18, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
But Carmela's quandary is a harsh reality for plenty of women who fail to take ownership of their finances.
To take back control, Carmela, played by Edie Falco, should convince Tony to take out a life insurance policy to cover her living expenses in case he ends up sleeping with the fishes.
If Carmela is smart, she won't count on a suitcase full of cash or a numbered Swiss bank account.
money.cnn.com /2002/09/18/pf/banking/q_sopranos   (1071 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'The Sopranos' season comes to end   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Carmela threw out Tony after receiving an ill-timed phone call about his extramarital affairs.
When the dispute got uglier, Carmela took her best shot: She informed Tony of her abstinent romance with one of his soldiers, ponytailed Furio —; who, smitten in return, ducked this sticky situation last week by fleeing back to Italy.
All in all, this special 75-minute episode was an impressive rebuttal to complaints that the action lagged during some of the season's previous 12 hours (though no one complained about the episode where Tony decapitated his captain Ralphie).
www.usatoday.com /life/television/2002-12-09-sopranos_x.htm   (572 words)

  
 Floridian: A family update
TONY SOPRANO (James Gandolfini) - Separated from wife Carmela, he's more restless than ever, done with psychoanalysis and hoping for romance with his former therapist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi.
CARMELA SOPRANO (Edie Falco) - Separated from Tony but still living in the family house, she's bound by children and finances to a husband she detests.
ANTHONY "A.J." SOPRANO (Robert Iler) - Blaming his mother for his parents' separation, A.J. soaks up guilt gifts from his dad (a drum set and an SUV) while developing a reputation as a major slacker.
www.sptimes.com /2004/03/05/news_pf/Floridian/A_family_update.shtml   (324 words)

  
 The Enneagram Institute Discussion Board - Type these Shows
Carmela never attacked Tony or his girlfriends on the side.
Despite all that, Carmela had always been able to convince herself that she was better off with Tony than without him.
A mutual infatuation with Furio Giunta recently caused Carmela to wonder what her life might be like if she were no longer married to Tony.
www.enneagraminstitute.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9269   (1299 words)

  
 Tony gets tossed out of the house as `The Sopranos' season comes to end   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The fourth season of HBO's "The Sopranos" ended with Carmela Soprano tossing her mob boss husband out of the house after she was tipped to his philandering by one of his scorned girlfriends.
When the dispute got uglier, Carmela took her best shot: She informed Tony of her abstinent romance with one of his soldiers, ponytailed Furio -- who, smitten in return, ducked this sticky situation last week by fleeing back to Italy.
In the finale, co-written by series creator David Chase, the clash between Tony and Carmela is as powerful as anything ever seen on "The Sopranos," which is saying a lot.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/12/09/entertainment0406EST0446.DTL&type=printable   (525 words)

  
 SacTicket // DVD/Video
While "The Sopranos" is a series with no regular African American, Latino or Asian cast members, Chase and his writers have made racial attitudes and the state of race relations recurring topics in the series.
In the last case, Meadow Soprano repeats the made-up story from Season 3 that her ex-boyfriend, Jacky Aprile, was murdered by "African American drug dealers," when the audience saw him being shot by one of Tony Soprano's henchmen.
And with Carmela, an intelligent person who clearly recognizes and recoils from the source of her material pleasures yet desires a family life and a comfortable future, we understand the human dimensions of her dilemma.
www.sacticket.com /static/movies/dvd_video/0610sopranos.html   (1355 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / TV / The beauty of Edie Falco
At the end of the hour, Carmela is talking to Meadow on the phone while watching Tony floating in the backyard pool.
Carmela frequently operates on only a half-conscious level, such as when she seduced AJ's school counselor into her service.
Truly, it's hard to imagine "The Sopranos," and TV in general, being quite as compelling without her.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2004/06/03/the_beauty_of_edie_falco?mode=PF   (926 words)

  
 Hillary Mum on Praise From TV Mafia Wife Carmela Soprano [Free Republic]
Hillary Clinton's office declined to comment Monday on Sunday night's episode of the popular crime drama "The Sopranos" where she was praised as a role model for Mafia wives whose husbands regularly cheat on them.
The subject of the former first lady's marital humiliation came up while Tony Soprano's wife Carmela was lunching with friends.
The Associated Press contacted Sen. Clinton's office for reaction and reported later that she had no immediate comment on Soprano's suggestion that her conduct made her a role model for Mafia wives.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b00aa632e3b.htm   (461 words)

  
 The Sopranos: Eloise - TV.com
Furio resigns from the Soprano crew and goes home to Italy, leaving Carmela depressed and angry.
Paulie tries to prove his loyalty to the Soprano family, but his burglary scheme ends on a violent note.
Tony: (on Carmela) I know she's my wife and the mother of my kids, but let me tell you: she can be a moody bitch.
www.tv.com /sopranos/eloise/episode/207665/summary.html   (218 words)

  
 The Sopranos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As Season 5 opens, he has been separated from Carmela (Edie Falco) for more than a year, and the effects are beginning to tell, especially on their son, Anthony (Robert Iler), who has become more sullen, less studious and far more rebellious.
Carmela, no shrinking violet, is bracing for the mother of all property settlements.
The memorable premiere of "The Sopranos" introduced a complex Tony, a man prone to violence but with a soft spot for migrating ducks.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000451461   (502 words)

  
 The Ramapo Record
Tony Soprano will have his hands full this season, as he deals with his separation from his wife Carmela, and the reappearance of various crime figures.
Now that he is separated from Carmela, Tony has turned his attention to the only other woman in his life he has ever felt a connection to, his therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
Carmela was adjusting to life on her own, sharing the house with A.J. When a fl bear threatens his family's life, Tony steps in, offering protection via his hoodlums and even sitting outside the house one night with a machine gun.
www.futureofnews.com /content/Ramapo/RealWorld/Story.cfm?Story_ID=498   (1060 words)

  
 DVD Talk Forum - the Sopranos' next two seasons -- Spoilers Within -- You have been warned.
Now that "The Sopranos" has become a pop-culture phenomenon, no one involved is in a hurry for it to end.
Tony Soprano found himself moving to a hotel after being thrown out by wife Carmela after a brutal confrontation over his infidelities.
Carmela spent most of last season contemplating an affair with Tony's Neapolitan soldier Furio, who was quietly infatuated with the boss' wife.
www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=340268   (2934 words)

  
 Welcome to Altocanto.org
Sopranos Rachel Watkins, Rosa d'Imperio and Maria Cruceru; tenors Maurizio O'Reilly and Travis Jones, mezzo-soprano Lucia Cervoni and pianist Cristina Altamura.
Soprano Rachel Watkins and tenor Gregory Schmidt's "bel canto" style singing was infused with magic, pathos and superb artistry.
Their needs were basic: a sewing machine (and patterns) on which to make clothes and sellable crafts (beautiful embroidery), shoes and socks, a computer on which the children could learn skills, and a blender.
www.altocanto.org   (2458 words)

  
 [No title]
Carmela is straightforward and outspoken as she deals with husband Tony Soprano, a mobster in deep denial about how he makes his living.
For Falco, 36, the acclaim and attention for The Sopranos, HBO's Oz, and her award-winning Broadway performance in Sideman are the icing on a career that has only started to take off in the past few years.
We have very different lives, she and I. drDrew.com: As popular as The Sopranos is, there have been a number of protests by Italian-Americans who claim the show reinforces negative stereotypes of Italians as criminals.
www.drdrew.com /Article/print.asp?id=328&type=1   (798 words)

  
 The characters
Tony Soprano: The Soprano who calls the shots moves into his mother’s house after wife Carmela demands a separation.
Carmela Soprano: Separated from Tony, Carmela is living on her own in the couple’s New Jersey estate, struggling to pry loose living expenses from her estranged husband and keep tabs on their kids.
Meadow Soprano: The Sopranos’ daughter is struggling with her parents’ separation on top of taking classes at Columbia University and volunteering at a legal aid center in the Bronx.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/03/07/tem_capsoprano07.html   (352 words)

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