Talia Shire

Talia Rose Shire (born Coppola ; born April 25, 1946 in Lake Success , Long Island , New York ) is an American actress . Right at the start of her career, she gained greater notoriety with her role as Connie Corleone in the Godfather trilogy . She played her best-known role - in five films - as the girlfriend and wife of the boxer Rocky .

life and work

Shire with Nick Nolte (1976)

Talia Shire is the daughter of the Italian-born musician Carmine Coppola , her two brothers are the film director Francis Ford Coppola and August Coppola , the father of the actor Nicolas Cage .

Your greatest successes had in the 1970s and 1980s with two roles they played in a total of eight films: In all three parts of the trilogy of her brother Francis Ford Coppola, so in The Godfather , The Godfather II and The Godfather III , she embodied Vito Corleone's daughter Connie , and in five Rocky films she played Adrian , the wife of the title character Rocky Balboa . Both film roles earned her an Oscar nomination in 1975 and 1977 for Best Supporting Actress ( The Godfather ) and Best Female Leading Role ( Rocky ), respectively . For Rocky , she also received the New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress award in 1976 .

Talia Shire was married twice: first to the composer David Shire , then to the film producer Jack Schwartzman , who died of cancer in 1994. From her first marriage she has the son Matthew Shire (* 1975), from her second marriage the two sons Jason Schwartzman (* 1980), actor and former member of the band Phantom Planet , and Robert Schwartzman (* 1982), actor and member of the band Rooney . She also has two stepchildren from Jack Schwartzman's first marriage, cameraman John Schwartzman (* 1960) and daughter Stephanie (* 1965).

Filmography (selection)

• 1968: The Wild Racers
• 1970: Voodoo Child (The Dunwich Horror)
• 1972: The Godfather (The Godfather)
• 1972: Brutal Shadows (Un homme est mort)
• 1974: The Godfather - Part II (The Godfather: Part II)
• 1976: Rich and Poor ( Rich Man, Poor Man , television series, three episodes)
• 1976: Rocky
• 1979: Rocky II
• 1979: prophecy (Prophecy)
• 1980: "L" is not just love (Windows)
• 1982: Rocky III - The Tiger's Eye (Rocky III)
• 1985: Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)
• 1985: Rad (Rad - The Movie)
• 1987: Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God ( Lionheart ) (only as producer)
• 1989: New York Stories (New York Stories)
• 1990: The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)
• 1990: Rocky V
• 1991: Cold Heaven
• 1991: My friend Mark Twain (Mark Twain and Me)
• 1992: Even more trouble with Jack ( For Richer, for Poorer , TV movie)
• 1993: Deadfall
• 1992: Agents live lonely (Bed & Breakfast)
• 1997: Dark Moments (River Made to Drown In)
• 1997: Born Into Exile (TV Movie)
• 1998: Fatal Contract - Door to Door with Death (The Landlady)
• 2001: Fireworks in Italian (The Whole Shebang)
• 2004: I Heart Huckabees
• 2007: Nora Roberts - Deadly Flames ( Blue Smoke , Movie made for TV)
• 2010: Pizza with Bullets
• 2011: The Return of Joe Rich
• 2018: Grace and Frankie (TV series, two episodes)

Awards

• 1974: Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Godfather II
• 1977: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rocky
• 1977: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rocky
• 1977: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rocky (second place)
• 1977: Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress for Rocky
• 1977: Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Rocky
• 1981: Nominated - Golden Raspberry as worst actress for L is not just love
• 1986: Nominated - Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actress for Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century
• 1991: Nominated - Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actress for Rocky V.

Web links

Commons : Talia Shire  - Collection of Images

• Talia Shire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Talia Shire in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Talia Shire in the German dubbing file