Actress from the United States
Younger sister of Francis Ford Coppola and August Coppola.
Takes name from a previous marriage to composer David Shire.
Daughter of composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola.
Aunt of Marc Coppola , Christopher Coppola , Nicolas Cage , Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola
Mother of Matthew Shire , Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman.
Stepmother of John Schwartzman and Stephanie Schwartzman.
Is in many movies with Rocky co-star Burt Young and the two are good friends.
She is of Italian descent.
Children: Matthew Orlando Shire (b. 1975), Jason Francesco and Robert Carmine (b. 1982).
She is the only person to be directed to an Oscar nomination by a sibling. Her brother Francis Ford Coppola directed her in The Godfather: Part II .
Like her character Connie Corleone in the Godfather saga, she too is the youngest member of her family and the only daughter.
Her two most famous characters, Connie Corleone and Adrian Balboa, changed drastically during their respective franchises ("The Godfather" and "Rocky"). In "The Godfather" saga, her character Connie went from being an innocent, dutiful wife who suffered from abuse to being a strong willed, powerful woman who took an active part in the family business and championed nephew Vincent to become Don. In the "Rocky" franchise, her character Adrian went from being a shy, timid, quiet girl to being a strong woman who often gave her husband the support and extra strength he needed to go the distance and overcome his opponents.
Granddaughter of Francesco Pennino. Her character in Rocky , Adrian Pennino, was named after him.
Played the girlfriend of a poor boxer twice in 1976: With Nick Nolte in the TV miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" and with Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky.".
Was the first family member of Francis Ford Coppola to play a part in the Godfather series, and she set a trend that the others followed: all of their characters had the same relationship to Michael Corleone in the films, that they had to Coppola in real life. Talia, as Francis sister, played Michaels sister. Her mother Italia Coppola played Michaels mother - although only at the characters funeral. Her niece, and Francis daughter, Sofia Coppola , played Michaels daughter and Connie Corleones niece. Diane Keaton , who played Michaels wife, has also said that she based her performance as Kay on Eleanor Coppola , Francis wife.
As of 2017, she has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather , The Godfather: Part II , Rocky and The Godfather: Part III , with the latter being the only film to not win in the category.
She appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: The Godfather , The Godfather: Part II and Rocky . Joe Spinell also appeared in all three films.
She has appeared in six sequels to Best Picture Academy Award winners, more than anyone else: The Godfather: Part II (which itself won Best Picture), Rocky II , Rocky III , Rocky IV , Rocky V and The Godfather: Part III .
She played the aunt of her real life niece Sofia Coppola in The Godfather: Part III .
In the original script for The Godfather: Part II , Kay (Diane Keaton ) was truly to have suffered a miscarriage. When Talia read it, she suggested to Francis Ford Coppola that Kay should have an abortion instead. Coppola agreed that this would hurt Michael much more, and he changed the script accordingly. As a thank you to Talia, he wrote for her the scene in which a tearful Connie begs Michael to forgive Fredo. She ended up being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the film.
Her 1986 BMX film, RAD received negative reviews while in theaters, but quickly found a following and became a top-ten video rental for two years after the movies release. It has since become a cult classic. Talia Shires husband Jack Schwartzman was a producer of the film and she currently owns the rights to it. She refuses to release them, therefore, the movie cant be re-released or be put on DVD for all the fans.
She has appeared in four films directed by her elder brother Francis Ford Coppola : The Godfather , The Godfather: Part II , New York Stories and The Godfather: Part III .
She played the mother of her real life great-niece Gia Coppola in the New York Stories segment "Life Without Zoe".
