What Is Talia Shire's Net Worth?
Talia Shire is an American actress who has a net worth of $40 million. Talia Shire is best known for her roles in the "Rocky" and "The Godfather" film series. She portrayed Connie Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972) and its sequels, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work in "The Godfather Part II" (1974). Shire also played Adrian Pennino, Rocky Balboa's love interest, in the "Rocky" franchise (1976-2018), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "Rocky" (1976). Throughout her career, Talia has appeared in films such as "The Dunwich Horror" (1970), "Old Boyfriends" (1979), and "I Heart Huckabees" (2004). Shire has also worked as a director, helming the feature film "One Night with the King" (2006).
Talia is a member of the famous Coppola entertainment family. Director/producer Francis Ford Coppola is her brother, Nicholas Cage is her nephew, Sofia Coppola is her niece, and Jason Schwartzman is her son.
Early Life
Talia Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola on April 25, 1946, in Lake Success, New York. Her father, Carmine Coppola, was an arranger/composer. Talia is the younger sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola and academic August Coppola, the aunt of actor Nicholas Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola.
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Career
Talia attended the Yale School of Drama and began appearing in Roger Corman films. Shire got her breakthrough role when she portrayed Connie Corleone in "The Godfather" in 1972, which was directed by her brother Francis Ford Coppola. In 1974, she reprised her role as Connie in "The Godfather II." Talia then played Adrian Pennino in the first "Rocky" film in 1976. Her character was the love interest of the main character, Rocky Balboa, and they later married.
Later in her career, Talia and her late husband, producer Jack Schwartzman, worked on several projects together and founded the Talia Production Company. Schwartzman produced the 1986 BMX film "Rad," which Shire starred in. The film originally received poor reviews in theaters but quickly found a cult following and became a top-ten video rental for two years after its release. Since her late husband was the producer, Talia owns the rights to the film and refused to release them for years; therefore, the movie couldn't be re-released or put on DVD. However, she released the rights in 2020, and the film was re-released on Blu-Ray in March 2021.
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Shire has also starred in the 2002 Italian-American family film "Kiss the Bride," the 2004 philosophical comedy film "I Heart Huckabees," and a 2007 comedy about cavemen called "Homo Erectus." She has appeared in many television projects as well, such as the 2007 Lifetime movie "Blue Smoke," the 1991 HBO movie "For Richer, for Poorer," and the 1997 NBC movie "Born Into Exile." In 2013, Talia made an appearance in the film "Palo Alto," written and directed by fellow Coppola family member Gia Coppola and starring James Franco and Emma Roberts. In 2016, she appeared in the directorial debut of her son Robert Schwartzman, a dramatic, comedic, quasi-musical entitled "Dreamland," also starring her other, more famous son, Jason Schwartzman. In 2018, Shire appeared in two episodes of the popular TV show "Grace and Frankie." In 2020, she appeared in the film "Working Man."
Accolades
Shire received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "The Godfather Part" II in 1974. Shire is the only person to be directed to an Oscar nomination by a sibling. She also won the New York Film Critics Award and received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in the 1976 movie "Rocky." "Rocky" also earned her a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe nomination. Shire appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: "The Godfather," "Rocky," and "The Godfather Part II."
Personal Life
Talia has been married twice, and she has three sons. Two of them, Robert and Jason Schwartzman, are actors/musicians who were fathered by Talia's second husband, the late producer Jack Schwartzman. She and Jack were married from August 1980 until his death from pancreatic cancer in June 1994 at the age of 61. Shire has two stepchildren from Jack's previous marriage, John and Stephanie Schwartzman. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire is from her first marriage to composer David Shire. She and David were married from 1970 until their divorce in 1980.
Real Estate
For several decades, since her marriage to Jack Schwartzman, Talia has lived in a large mansion in LA's Bel Air neighborhood. It's unclear when the home was purchased or for what amount, but today, the home is worth at least $16 million and perhaps as much as $20 million.
