The Santangelo Family is a fictional family created by Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins is an English novelist and former actress. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. She has written 28 novels, all of which have appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list. In total, her books have sold over 400 million copies and have been...

 in the The Santangelo Novels

The Santangelo Novels

The Santangelo Novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins. The novels focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American and former gangster, and his daughter Lucky - as the well as their rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families...

 series.

Family Members

• Paulo Santangelo, d. 1939, married to:
  • Mira, married until 1910

also married to Vera

• Gino Santangelo, b. 1905, son of Paulo and Mira Santangelo, married to:
  • Cindy, married 1934-1939
  • Maria Grazione, married 1949-1955
  • Susan Martino, married 1979-1983
  • Paige Wheeler, married 1985-Present

• Steven Berkley, b. 1934, illegitimate son of Gino Santangelo and Carrie Berkley, married to:
  • Zizi, married 1968-1971
  • Mary Lou Morley, married 1984-1988?
  • Lina, married

• Lucky Santangelo, b. 1950 daughter of Gino Santangelo and Maria Grazione, married to:
  • Craven Richmond, b. 1948, married 1966-1970
  • Dimitri Stanisopolous, married 1979-1984
  • Lennie Golden, married 1984-Present
    • Roberto Stanisoplous Santangelo, b. 1979 son of Dimitri Stanisopolous and Lucky Santangelo
  • Lennie Golden, married 1984-Present
    • Maria "Max" Santangelo, b. 1984? daughter of Lennie Golden and Lucky Santangelo
    • Gino Santangelo Jnr, b. 1985 son of Lennie Golden and Lucky Santangelo
• Brigitte Stanisopolous, b. 1970, daughter of Olympia Stanisopolous and an unnamed Italian businessman, at the death of her mother in 1984 she lived with her stepfather Lennie Golden and godmother
  Godparent
  A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's baptism. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother...
  
   Lucky Santangelo
• Leonardo Golden, - illegitimate son of Claudia Bonnatti and Lennie Golden, adopted by Lucky Santangelo

• Dario Santangelo, b. September 1, 1951 d. 1977, son of Gino Santangelo and Maria Grazione

Zennocotti-Grazione Family

• Franklin Zennocotti natural father of Leonora Zenoccotti Grazione, adopted father of Costa Zennocotti

• Leonora Zennoccotti Grazione, daughter of Franklin Zennocotti, married to:
  • Edward Grazione, married 1928
    • Maria Grazione, b. 1928 d.1955, daughter of Leonora Grazione and Edward Grazione

• Costa Zennocotti, adopted son of daughter of Franklin Zennocotti (adopted 1921), married to:
  • Jennifer, d. 1970, married 1934-1970

Gino Santangelo was intended to marry Leonora Zennocotti until she slept with Edward Grazione and became pregnant which spurred a shotgun wedding. Their child, Maria Grazione Gino married in 1949. As a result of the marriage, Leonora and Edward disowned their daughter.

Richmond Family

• Senator Peter Richmond, married to:
  • Betty Richmond

• Craven Richmond, b. 1948, married to
  • Lucky Santangelo, married 1966-1970

Gino married his sixteen year old daughter Lucky to Senator Richmond's son Craven to make an alliance between the two families and to exercise some control over his rebellious daughter. Gino's criminal past ruined Senator Richmond's chances for the Republican nomination and the two families did not speak after Lucky's divorce in 1970.

Stanisopolous Family

Dimitri Stanisopolous, d. 1984, father of Olympia Stanisopolous and Roberto Stanisoplous, married to:
Charlette, an american society wife
Olympia Stanisopolous, b. 1948 d. 1984, married to:
Unnamed Greek playboy, married 1967 (four months)
Unnamed Italian businessman, d. 1972, married 1970-1972
Unnamed Polish Count, married 1972, (sixteen weeks)

Lucky Santangelo, married 1979-1984
Roberto Stanisoplous, b. 1979

See also

• The Santangelo Novels
  The Santangelo Novels
  The Santangelo Novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins. The novels focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American and former gangster, and his daughter Lucky - as the well as their rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families...
  
  
• Chances
  Chances (novel)
  Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and is the first novel in The Santangelo Novels series. The novel has three focal points, two of them focusing on the main characters of the novel and a third during the New York City blackout of 1977.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Lucky
  Lucky (Collins novel)
  Lucky is a novel by Jackie Collins, the sequel to Chances and the second in The Santangelo Novels series....
  
  
• Lady Boss
  Lady Boss
  Lady Boss is a 1990 novel written by Jackie Collins and is the third in The Santangelo Novels series.The novel was adapted as a TV movie miniseries in 1992, starring Kim Delaney in the title role of Lucky Santangelo...
  
  
• Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge
  Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge
  Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge is a 1996 novel by Jackie Collins. It is the fourth novels in The Santangelo Novels series. In the movie Eurotrip, the character Scotty is reading this book on the train from Paris....
  
  
• Dangerous Kiss
  Dangerous Kiss
  Dangerous Kiss is a 1999 novel by Jackie Collins. It is the fifth novel in The Santangelo Novels series....
  
  
• Drop Dead Beautiful
  Drop Dead Beautiful
  Drop Dead Beautiful is a novel by Jackie Collins, it is the sixth and latest novel in The Santangelo Novels series. The story takes place in the year 2000-Plot:...