Talia Shire

Talia Shire Biography

Talia Rose Shire (ne Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress most known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively.

Personal life

Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in Lake Success, New York, the only daughter of Italia (ne Pennino; 1912-2004) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola (1910-1991). Her parents were both of Italian descent. Talia is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola and academic August Coppola, the aunt of actor Nicolas Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola. She has three children. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire is the child of her first marriage to composer David Shire. Her other sons, actors/musicians Jason and Robert, are from her second marriage, to the late film producer Jack Schwartzman.

Career

Shire portrayed Connie Corleone in The Godfather and its sequels. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1974's The Godfather: Part II. In 1976, she portrayed Adrian Pennino, the love interest of Rocky Balboa in Rocky. For this role, 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 a Best Actress Oscar. In addition to the Rocky sequels, Shire appeared in such films as Kiss the Bride (2002), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Homo Erectus (2007).

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Wild Racers	1st Girlfriend
1970	The Dunwich Horror	Nurse Cora
1970	Maxie	Sandy
1971	Gas-s-s-s	Coralee
1971	The Christian Licorice Store	Last Party Guest
1972	The Godfather	Connie Corleone
1972	The Outside Man	Make-Up Girl
1974	The Godfather Part II	Connie Corleone	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1976	Rocky	Adrian Pennino	National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (2nd place) Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1979	Old Boyfriends	Dianne Cruise
	Prophecy	Maggie Verne
	Rocky II	Adrian Pennino/Balboa
1980	Windows	Emily Hollander
1982	Rocky III	Adrian Pennino/Balboa
1985	Rocky IV	Adrian Pennino/Balboa
1986	Rad	Mrs. Jones
1986	Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star	Dr. Tedra Rosen
1989	New York Stories	Charlotte	Segment: Life Without Zoe
1990	Rocky V	Adrian Pennino/Balboa
1990	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
1997	She's So Lovely	Restaurant Owner	Uncredited Role
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
1999	Palmer's Pick Up	Mr. Price
1999	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
2003	Dunsmore	Mildred Green
2004	I ? Huckabees	Mrs. Silver
2005	Pomegranate	Aunt Sophia
2006	Rocky Balboa	Adrian Pennino Balboa	Archive Footage
2007	Homo Erectus	Ishbo's Mother
2008	Looking for Palladin	Rosario
	Dim Sum Funeral	Viola Gruber
	My Father's Will
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

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Foster and Laurie	Adelaide Laurie	CBS TV-Movie
1976	Doctors' Hospital		Episode: Lullabye
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Teresa Santoro	ABC Miniseries
1977	Kill Me If You Can	Rosalie Asher	NBC TV-Movie
1977	The Godfather Saga	Connie Corleone	NBC TV-Movie
1978	Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This	Carol Agnelli	CBS TV-Movie
1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife	Gina	NBC TV-Movie
1987	Faerie Tale Theatre	Wilma Van Winkle	Episode: Rip Van Winkle
1991	Mark Twain and Me	Jean Clemens	TV-Movie
1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Millie Katourian	HBO TV-Movie
1992	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Mrs. Leland	Episode: Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen
1993	Chantilly Lace	Maggie	Showtime TV-Movie
1995	Blossom	Herself	Episode: A Star Is Bared
1997	Born Into Exile	Donna Nolan	NBC TV-Movie
2007	Blue Smoke	Bianca Hale	Lifetime TV-Movie
2007	Christmas at Cadillac Jack's	Peg	TV-Movie

Talia Shire

Talia Shire Biography

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