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Talia Shire (Talia Coppola)
actress, producer
Born: 4/25/1946
Birthplace: Lake Success, New York
Shire came to notice in The Godfather (1972) and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Godfather: Part II (1974); she has appeared in other sequels as well. She is also well known for her role as Adrian, the devoted girlfriend of Sylvester Stallone in the series of films beginning with Rocky (1976), which garnered her another Oscar nomination, and going on to Rocky Balboa (2007). With her second husband, producer Jack Schwartzman, Shire cofounded a production company called Taliafilm II. She is the sister of director Francis Ford Coppola and aunt of actor Nicolas Cage.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Talia Shire from Infoplease:
- Looking for Palladin - Starring Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Angélica Aragón
- The Godfather: Part III - Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach
- Rocky 3 - Starring Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Mr. T
- Rocky V - Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone, Burgess Meredith
- Rocky - Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith
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