Biography for
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Date of Birth

25 April 1946, Lake Success, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name

Talia Rose Coppola

Nickname

Tally

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Spouse

Jack Schwartzman	(23 August 1980 - 15 June 1994) (his death) 2 children
David Shire	(29 March 1970 - 1978) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

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.

Is Italian/American.

Children: Matthew Orlando Shire (b. 1975), Jason Francesco (b. 1980) and Robert Carmine (b. 1982).

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 (1974).

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 (1976), 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 Michael's sister. Her mother Italia Coppola played Michael's mother - although only at the character's funeral. Her niece, and Francis' daughter, Sofia Coppola, played Michael's daughter and Connie Corleone's niece. Diane Keaton has also said that she based her performance as Kay on Eleanor Coppola.

Personal Quotes

[on her famous brother, Francis Ford Coppola] He's the best director in the world - period.