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Talia Shire
American actress (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress and member of the Coppola family. She is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrianna 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.
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Early life and family
Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in the Woodside section of Queens, New York,[2] in 1946. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata.[3] Her maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples, Italy.[4]
Shire is the only daughter of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola. She is the sister of director/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.[5]
Her family moved to Lake Success, Long Island, New York, where she lived during her high school years.[6]
She has three children. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire, an accomplished TV writer and film producer, is from her first marriage, to composer David Shire. Her other sons, actors/musicians Jason and Robert, are from her second marriage, to film producer Jack Schwartzman.[7]
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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).[6] For her portrayal of Adrianna Pennino, the love interest of Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976),[8] 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 Adrianna Pennino role in four Rocky sequels,[9] Shire has appeared in such films as Kiss the Bride (2002), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Homo Erectus (2007).[10]
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Filmography
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Accolades
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References
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