Her performance as Adrian would be reprised no fewer than six times, including the 2006 installment Rocky Balboa. Talia’s brother Francis is not the only other Hollywood star in the family. Talia is the aunt to Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola, another director. She also has five children, with Robert and Jason Schwartzman, sons from her second marriage to Jack Schwartzman, both being successful actors. In recent years, Talia has been seen in movies such as I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Homo Erectus (2007).
Ellen is from Detroit, Michigan and began her career on Broadway as early as 1957. In 1975, she won a Tony award for Best Performance by a leading actress in Same Time, Next Year, a role she would later reprise for the film version in 1978. She won an Oscar for her work with director Martin Scorsese in the film, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. She was also nominated for her role in the thriller The Exorcist and for the drama The Last Picture Show.
Ellen went on to receive her very own sitcom in 1986, The Ellen Burstyn Show, alongside Megan Mullally and Elaine Stritch, but it was unfortunately not much of a success. More recently, Ellen appeared in a Netflix original series, House of Cards, and has continued to act on stage and screen throughout her career. In 2006, there was a little controversy regarding her Emmy nomination for the HBO film Mrs. Harris as she only appeared on screen for a total of 14 seconds.
Born in Clevland, Ohio, Carol got off to a young start with her first professional theater performance at 14 in a production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie alongside Tammy Grimes. Since getting her foot in the door, she has enjoyed a lot of variation in her acting career. She starred on the TV series Taxi and had scored major roles in classic films such as The Princess Bride and Annie Hall. She even played the character of Olga on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley.
For 10 years Carol has been lucky enough to play Madame Morrible in Wicked on Broadway, and has also become a part of their national touring company which puts on the famous show nationwide. Kane also enjoys a reoccurring role in the Netflix Original, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and has also made an appearance on the series Girls in 2103 as the role of Olga. In 2012, Kane also starred in the Broadway production of Harvey in New York alongside Jim Parsons which she received rave reviews for.
