Born: April 25, 1946

Talia Shire (born Talia Coppola) attended the Yale School of Drama and landed roles in several Roger_Corman films. The sister of filmmaker Francis_Ford_Coppola, she benefited from her family connection when she was cast in The_Godfather (1972), launching her screen career in earnest. After receiving a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in The Godfather Part II (1974), Shire was cast by Sylvester_Stallone to play his girlfriend in the hit Rocky (1976), for which she won the New York Film Critics Award and received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Although Shire went on to appear in a number of films throughout the 1980s and '90s, her career primarily revolved around the eight films emerging from the original Godfather and Rocky movies. Divorced from composer David_Shire, she later married producer Jack_Schwartzman; the two of them developed movie projects together, forming the TaliaFilm production company. The mother of actors Jason_Schwartzman and Robert_Schwartzman, Shire directed the film One_Night_Stand in 1994. Rovi

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