Curiosidades

Younger sister of Francis Ford Coppola and August Coppola.

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, who played Michael's wife, has also said that she based her performance as Kay on Eleanor Coppola, Francis' wife.

In the original script for O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974), Kay (Diane Keaton) was truly to have suffered a miscarriage. When Talia read it, she suggested to Francis Ford Coppola that Kay should have an abortion instead. Coppola agreed that this would hurt Michael much more, and he changed the script accordingly. As a thank you to Talia, he wrote for her the scene in which a tearful Connie begs Michael to forgive Fredo. She ended up being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the film.

Mother of Matthew Shire, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman.

She is the only person to be directed to an Oscar nomination by a sibling. Her brother Francis Ford Coppola directed her in O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974).

To help conquer her shyness she persuaded her family to send her to Yale Drama School in 1966. She then moved to Hollywood and did several films for Roger Corman. Her break came with the part of Connie Corleone in 'The Godfather, repeating the role in The Godfather 2.

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.

Is in many movies with Rocky co-star Burt Young and the two are good friends.

Aunt of Marc Coppola, Christopher Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola

Daughter of composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola.

Returned to work four months after giving birth to her son Matthew Shire to begin filming Rocky, um Lutador (1976).

Granddaughter of Francesco Pennino. Her character in Rocky, um Lutador (1976), Adrian Pennino, was named after him.

She has appeared in four films directed by her elder brother Francis Ford Coppola: O Poderoso Chefão (1972), O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974), Contos de Nova York (1989) and O Poderoso Chefão: Parte III (1990).

As of 2017, she has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: O Poderoso Chefão (1972), O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974), Rocky, um Lutador (1976) and O Poderoso Chefão: Parte III (1990), with the latter being the only film to not win in the category.

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

Her 1986 BMX film, Rad (1986), received negative reviews while in theaters, but quickly found a following and became a top-ten video rental for two years after the movie's release. It has since become a cult classic. Talia Shire's husband, Jack Schwartzman, was a producer of the film and she currently owns the rights to it. She refuses to release them, therefore, the movie can't be re-released or be put on DVD for all the fans.

She is of Italian descent.

She played the mother of her real-life great-niece, Gia Coppola, in the Contos de Nova York (1989) segment, "Life Without Zoe".

Like her character Connie Corleone in the Godfather saga, she too is the youngest member of her family and the only daughter.

She has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: O Poderoso Chefão (1972), O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974) and Rocky, um Lutador (1976).

Takes name from a previous marriage to composer David Shire.

She has appeared in six sequels to Best Picture Academy Award winners, more than anyone else: O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974) (which itself won Best Picture), Rocky II - A Revanche (1979), Rocky III - O Desafio Supremo (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990) and O Poderoso Chefão: Parte III (1990).

Played the girlfriend of a poor boxer twice in 1976: with Nick Nolte in the TV miniseries, Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), and with Sylvester Stallone in Rocky, um Lutador (1976).

She appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: O Poderoso Chefão (1972), O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II (1974) and Rocky, um Lutador (1976). Joe Spinell also appeared in all three films.

She played the aunt of her real life niece Sofia Coppola in O Poderoso Chefão: Parte III (1990).

Stepmother of John Schwartzman and Stephanie Schwartzman.

Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.