TALIA SHIRE

'Talia Shire' (born April 25, 1946), is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Her name is in honor of her ancestral country (Italy).
Born 'Talia Rose Coppola' in Lake Success, New York; she is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola. She was married to composer David Shire, with whom she had a son, Matthew Orlando Shire. She has two other sons, actors/musicians Jason Schwartzman and Robert Carmine, from her second marriage to the late producer Jack Schwartzman.
Shire first became famous for her role of Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' and its sequels. Later she portrayed "Adrian" the plain looking girlfriend, and later wife, of boxer Rocky Balboa (played by Sylvester Stallone) in the ''Rocky'' movies before Adrian's death. Shire appears in the final "Rocky" film, ''Rocky Balboa'', via flashbacks to scenes from earlier films. Her fictional maiden name in the Rocky series of movies, Adrian ''Pennino'', refers to her actual maternal grandfather ''Francesco Pennino''.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''The Godfather, Part II'' and for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''Rocky''.
In 2006-2007, Shire appears in two commercials for Geico, an auto insurance firm. She plays a therapist who is treating a caveman with issues about Geico's "So easy, even a caveman can do it!" advertisements.

Contents

Trivia

Filmography

See also

External links

Trivia

★ In a recent interview she has said that it is next to impossible for her to appear in public without someone yelling out "Yo Adrian!"

★ Shire is mentioned in the ''Friends'' episode 'The One with the Inappropriate Sister' where Joey loses an acting job (as usual):
'Joey' How could I not get the part?! The play was about a 29-year-old Italian actor from Queens! ''(Joey in "real life"'' is ''a 29-year-old Italian actor from Queens)''
'Estelle' ''(Joey's agent)'' Well, Talia Shire suddenly became available.
'Joey' She's a ''woman''!
'Estelle' What can I say? She nailed it.

Filmography

★ ''The Wild Racers'' (1968)

★ ''The Dunwich Horror'' (1970)

★ ''Maxie'' (1970)

★ ''Gas-s-s-s'' (1971)

★ ''The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971)

★ ''The Godfather'' (1972)

★ ''The Outside Man'' (1972)

★ ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974)

★ ''Rocky'' (1976)

★ ''Old Boyfriends'' (1979)

★ ''Rocky II'' (1979)

★ ''Prophecy'' (1979)

★ ''Windows'' (1980)

★ ''Rocky III'' (1982)

★ ''Rocky IV'' (1985)

★ ''Rad'' (1986)

★ ''Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star'' (1986)

★ ''New York Stories'' (1989)

★ ''Rocky V'' (1990)

★ ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990)

★ ''Cold Heaven'' (1991)

★ ''Bed & Breakfast'' (1991)

★ ''Deadfall'' (1993)

★ ''A River Made to Drown In'' (1997)

★ ''She's So Lovely'' (1997)

★ ''Divorce: A Contemporary Western'' (1998)

★ ''Can I Play?'' (1998) (short subject)

★ ''The Avocado Seed'' (1998)

★ ''The Landlady'' (1999)

★ ''Lured Innocence'' (1999)

★ ''Palmer's Pick Up'' (1999)

★ ''The Visit'' (2000)

★ ''The Whole Shebang'' (2001)

★ ''Kiss the Bride'' (2002)

★ ''Family Tree'' (2003)

★ ''Dunsmore'' (2003)

★ ''I ♥ Huckabees'' (2004)

★ ''Pomegranate'' (2005)

★ ''National Lampoon's Homo Erectus'' (2007)

★ ''Pizza with Bullets'' (2007)

★ ''Looking for Palladin'' (2007)

See also

★ Coppola family tree

External links

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