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Italia Pennino Coppola (December 12, 1912 – January 21, 2004) was famous as the matriarch of the Coppola family. She was the mother of Francis Ford Coppola, August Coppola and Talia Shire. She made cameo appearances in each of the three Godfather films. Born in New York City, she was one of six children of Anna (née Giaquinto) and composer Francesco Pennino, both of Naples, Italy. Her ...
27 de ene. de 2004 · Italia Pennino Coppola, mother of filmmaker and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola and a former resident of San Francisco ' s North Beach neighborhood, died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los
August Coppola. August Coppola was born on 16 February 1934 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. August was married to Martine Chevallier, Marie J. Thenevin and Joy A. Vogelsang. August died on 27 October 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Francis Ford Coppola nació el 7 de abril de 1939 en Detroit, Michigan, en el seno de una familia de origen italoamericano y ambiente artístico. Familia Segundo de los tres hijos de Italia Pennino, actriz, y de Carmine Coppola, flautista con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Detroit y que llegó a ser primer flauta de la orquesta de Arturo Toscanini, compuso música para las películas de su hijo.
August Coppola was the son of composer and flautist Carmine Coppola (1910–1991) and Italia Pennino Coppola (1912–2004), a lyricist and matriarch of the Coppola family. His siblings were film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire; his uncle was composer Anton Coppola. Education and work
Early life and family. Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York, in 1946. Her maternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. Her maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples, Italy.. Shire is the only daughter of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola.
