Although Carmela is reasonably intelligent and puts a lot of emphasis on learning on her children as well as herself, she is often shown to be very ignorant and close-minded when it comes to a true education as opposed to a shallow interpretation of one ; she is also often very dismissive of other opinions on matters she disagrees with, even when she knows nothing about the topic at hand.

Tony trusts Carmela enough to confide in her, to a degree, about some of his Mafia dealings ( notably the failed attempt on his life and the death of Richie Aprile ).

Just before his death, Meadow came to realize that Jackie was boorish and unfaithful ; nevertheless, she was very distressed by his death, initially blaming Tony for Jackie's involvement with crime and Carmela for standing by and supporting Tony.

Carmela has sometimes sacrificed her children's security for the sake of the luxuries Tony's career could provide, while defending her children when they did something wrong.

Prat frequently attended, as did Concepción Chacón's sister-in-law, Carmela Carvajal.

Carmela is Tony Soprano's high school sweetheart.

By the end of the fourth season, Tony and Carmela separated after she learned of his latest indiscretion, although Tony continued to provide for her and the children.

's guidance counselor, Robert Wegler, and pursuing divorce proceedings against Tony, but was drawn back to her husband by financial concerns and difficulties in rearing A. J., as well as a difficult breakup with Wegler, who accused Carmela of manipulating him into special treatment for her son.

At the end of the fifth season, Carmela agreed to reunite with Tony after he agreed to purchase a $ 600, 000 investment property in Montville, under Carmela's name, so she could build a spec house.

After Tony surprised his delighted wife with a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Carmela proceeded to flaunt her new car in front of Ginny Sacrimoni and Angie Bonpensiero, both of whom were reported to be having serious financial problems.

The next day, Carmela confronts Tony, who dismisses her: " Let me school you on domestic violence ," he says.

Carmela was not aware that Adriana was a low-level informant for the FBI and that Christopher, who had learned this truth from Adriana herself, informed Tony, who in turn had her executed by Silvio ( in " Long Term Parking ").

Carmela, along with Tony, encourages AJ to become part of the production team for a film written by Daniel Baldwin and financed by Little Carmine, rather than enlist in the Army.

Meadow is the first-born child of Tony and Carmela Soprano.

", he is the son of Carmela and Tony Soprano.

Frequently throughout the series, Tony and Carmela express concern about A. J.

Over the years, Tony Soprano has been able to confide in Melfi many things that he has told no one else, not even his associates or his wife, Carmela.

Tony affectionately refers to Christopher as his " nephew ", though in fact he is a cousin of Tony's wife Carmela.

Chris was a first cousin once removed to Carmela Soprano and a second cousin to Meadow Soprano and Anthony Soprano, Jr. Tony Soprano affectionately considered Christopher a nephew ( they had a cousin in common growing up ; see below ), and had looked out for him over the years, as Christopher never had a father figure growing up ( his actual father, Dickie, was killed when Christopher was very young ).

Tony and Carmela Soprano are connected to Christopher via two separate family relationships:

Also in that episode, Carmela asks Tony about Adriana ( he quickly changes the subject ).

When Carmela tells Tony about their conversation, he dismisses her fears, explaining that if Christopher had killed Adriana then her body would have been found by now.

However, Tony and Silvio pull some strings and Carmela is able to continue construction on her spec house, and the distraction keeps her from investigating the matter further.

Janice and Bobby inherits the late Bobby, Sr .' s cottage in northern New York state, to which they invite Tony and Carmela for Tony's 47th birthday.

At the party, Janice gives Tony a gift of Soprano family home videos and tells Carmela an anecdote that embarrasses Tony when it is raised again during a heated, drunken game of Monopoly ; Janice and Tony's father once angrily shot a bullet through Livia's beehive hairdo.

Prior to the Madame X scandal of 1884, Sargent had painted exotic beauties such as Rosina Ferrara of Capri, and the Spanish expatriate model Carmela Bertagna, but the earlier pictures had not been intended for broad public reception.

Edith " Edie " Falco (; born July 5, 1963 ) is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her roles in Oz as Diane Whittlesey, as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie.

Falco won these awards in 2003 for her performance as Carmela during the fourth season of The Sopranos.

On April 7, 1979, at the age of forty-six, Antonio Negri was arrested for his part in the Autonomy Movement, along with others ( Emilio Vesce, Luciano Ferrari Bravo, Mario Dalmaviva, Lauso Zagato, Oreste Scalzone, Pino Nicotri, Alisa del Re, Carmela di Rocco, Massimo Tramonte, Sandro Serafini, Guido Bianchini, and others ).

The Elizabethan manor house opposite the church, now the home of Maria Carmela Viscountess Hambleden, was built in 1603 of flint and brick for Emanuel 11th Baron Scrope who became Earl of Sunderland.

Carmela attended Montclair State University for an unspecified period of time before dropping out.

Carmela acts as a homemaker for the Soprano household, and works to create a semblance of legitimacy for her family.

Carmela had reached a low point with Tony's constant string of affairs and the two had a romantically-tense but " arms-length " relationship for a period.

Around this time, Carmela was concerned for the whereabouts of Adriana La Cerva, who seemingly had disappeared.

Carmela tried to deflect her attraction by arranging dates for Furio.

Carmela later went by Furio's house and stared in awe at the fact it was empty and for sale.

Carmela was devastated, and eventually revealed her feelings for him in an argument with Tony, to which Tony replies " If certain men see him, he's a dead man ".

Although Tony was at first hostile to Angie because he believed she was scamming Carmela for money, Carmela has seen Angie struggling and later sees her working at a grocery store, handing out free samples.

Leng was the nephew of composer Carmela Mackenna.

* Kirk, Ruth, and Carmela Alexander, ( 1990, revised edition 1995 ), Exploring Washington's Past, University of Washington Press, Seattle.

Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri.

The adult cast also had recurring roles as J. J. ( Skip Hinnant ), Carmela ( Rita Moreno ), Brenda ( Lee Chamberlin ), Mark ( Morgan Freeman ), Hank ( Bill Cosby ), Winnie ( Judy Graubart ), Andy ( Jim Boyd ), Roberto ( Luis Avalos ), and Sylvia ( Hattie Winston ).

: In 1917, Vito Corleone ( Robert De Niro ) lives in a tenement with his wife Carmela and son Sonny, and works in a New York grocery store owned by the father of a close friend.

* The opening scene of The Sopranos episode 38, " Amour Fou ", features mob wife Carmela Soprano and her daughter Meadow Soprano in an art museum, where ( among other topics ) they discuss Jusepe de Ribera's painting: The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

* Carmela Marie Cristiano ( c. 1928-2011 ), Catholic nun and social worker.

Members of the borough council are President Jeannie Tsukamoto ( 2014 ), Vincent A. Esposito ( 2012 ), Donald R. Links ( 2012 ), Robert G. Catalanello ( 2013 ), Robert Landrigan ( 2014 ) and Carmela Vitale ( 2014 ).

* Kirk, Ruth and Carmela Alexander ( 1990, revised 1995 ) Exploring Washington's Past: a road guide to history ( Revised Edition ), University of Washington Press, Seattle.

It had twice the audience of the most critically acclaimed Spanish film of that year, Carlos Saura ’ s ¡ Ay Carmela !, a film starring Almodóvar ’ s former muse Carmen Maura.

* Carmela Ciuraru ( ed.

* The character of Father Phil Intintola on The Sopranos, as played by Paul Schulze, self-deprecatingly refers to himself as a schnorrer, especially in regard to his always showing up when Carmela is cooking.

Carmela Soprano ( née DeAngelis ), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.

Carmela is an observant Roman Catholic and has difficulty rationalizing her husband's profession and the flaws in their marriage.