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Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is the actress who plays Adrian Pennino-Balboa, the girlfriend then wife of Rocky Balboa in the Rocky film series. Shire is a versatile veteran actress perhaps best known for her role as Connie Corleone in 1972's Academy Award-winning Francis Ford Coppola film The Godfather.

Personal life[]

Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in Lake Success, New York, the daughter of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola.[1] Talia is the sister of director and 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. She was married to composer David Shire, with whom she had a son, Matthew Orlando Shire. She has two other sons, actors/musicians Robert Schwartzman and Jason Schwartzman, from her second marriage to the late producer Jack Schwartzman.

Career[]

Shire first became famous for her role of Connie Corleone in The Godfather and its sequels. Later, she portrayed Adrianna Pennino-Balboa, the girlfriend (and later wife) of Rocky Balboa in the Rocky movies. She also starred in such films as I ♥ Huckabees, Kiss the Bride and 2007's Homo Erectus.[2]

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