Talia Shire facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Talia Shire
Shire in 1977
Born	Talia Rose Coppola (1946-04-25) April 25, 1946 (age 78) New York City, NY, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	David Shire ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 1980)​ Jack Schwartzman ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 1994)​
Children	3, including Jason and Robert Schwartzman and Matthew Orlando Shire
Parent(s)	Carmine Coppola Italia Coppola
Relatives	August Coppola (brother) Francis Ford Coppola (brother) Nicolas Cage (nephew) Roman Coppola (nephew) Christopher Coppola (nephew) Sofia Coppola (niece) Gia Coppola (great niece)
Family	Coppola

Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role in Rocky.

Early life and family

Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York, in 1946. Her maternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. Her maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples, Italy.

Shire is the only daughter of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola. She is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola, and of the academic August Coppola, the aunt of actor Nicolas Cage, and of director Sofia Coppola, and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola.

At a young age her family moved to Lake Success on Long Island, New York, where she lived through high school.

She has three children. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire is the child of her first marriage to composer David Shire, and is an accomplished TV writer and film producer. Her other sons, actors/musicians Jason and Robert, are from her second marriage, to the film producer Jack Schwartzman.

Career

Shire portrayed Connie Corleone in The Godfather and its sequels and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Godfather Part II (1974). For her portrayal of Adrian Pennino, the love interest of Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976), she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition to reprising her Adrian role in four Rocky sequels, Shire has appeared in such films as Kiss the Bride (2002), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Homo Erectus (2007).

Shire as Adrian Pennino with Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in the film Rocky, c.1976

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Wild Racers	1st Girlfriend	As Talia Coppola
1970	The Dunwich Horror	Nurse Cora	Credited as Talia Coppola
	The Butchers	Sandy
1971	Gas-s-s-s	Coralee
	The Christian Licorice Store	Last Party Guest
1972	The Godfather	Connie Corleone
	The Outside Man	Make-Up Girl
1974	The Godfather Part II	Connie Corleone
1976	Rocky	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1979	Old Boyfriends	Dianne Cruise
	Prophecy	Maggie Verne
	Rocky II	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1980	Windows	Emily Hollander
1982	Rocky III	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1985	Rocky IV
1986	Rad	Mrs. Jones
	Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star	Dr. Tedra Rosen
1989	New York Stories	Charlotte	Segment: Life Without Zoe
1990	Rocky V	Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa
	The Godfather Part III	Connie Corleone
1991	Cold Heaven	Sister Martha
1992	Bed & Breakfast	Claire
1993	Deadfall	Sam
1997	A River Made to Drown In	Jaime's Mother
	She's So Lovely	Restaurant Owner	Uncredited
1998	Divorce: A Contemporary Western	Lacey
	Can I Play?	Robert	Short film
	Caminho dos Sonhos	Ida Stern
	The Landlady	Melanie Leroy
1999	Lured Innocence	Martha Chambers
	Palmer's Pick Up	Mr. Price
	The Black and the White	Tulip Clayton
2000	The Visit	Parole Board Member Marilyn
2001	The Whole Shebang	Countess Bazinni
2002	Kiss the Bride	Irena Sposato
2003	Family Tree	Patricia	Short film
	Dunsmore	Mildred Green
2004	I Heart Huckabees	Mrs. Silver
2005	Pomegranate	Aunt Sophia
2006	Rocky Balboa	Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa	Archival footage
2007	Homo Erectus	Ishbo's Mother
2008	Looking for Palladin	Rosario
	Dim Sum Funeral	Viola Gruber
	My Father's Will		aka My Secret Billionaire
2009	The Deported	Dina
2010	Minkow	Carole Minkow
	Scratching the Surface	Mrs. Shifman
2011	The Return of Joe Rich	Gloria Neiderman
2013	Palo Alto	Mrs. Ganem
2016	Dreamland	Victoria
2019	Working Man	Iola Parkes
2024	Megalopolis	Constance Crassus Catilina
TBA	Nonnas	TBA	Post-production
	That's Amore!		Post-production

Accolades

See also

In Spanish: Talia Shire para niños

• Coppola family tree