What is the name of Apollo Creed's wife?

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Apollo Creed’s wife is named Mary Anne Creed.

Mary Anne is Apollo’s wife and later widow in the Rocky and Creed stories. She appears in the earlier films as part of Apollo’s family life, while Apollo is portrayed as Rocky Balboa’s charismatic rival and eventually his friend and trainer. After Apollo dies during his fight with Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Mary Anne becomes responsible for preserving his family’s legacy.

In Creed, it is revealed that Apollo had an affair and fathered Adonis “Donnie” Johnson. After Donnie’s biological mother dies, Mary Anne adopts him in 1998. She initially worries that Donnie is repeating Apollo’s dangerous path by pursuing boxing, but eventually supports his career and remains an important emotional figure in the Creed films.

Mary Anne is sometimes mixed up with Adrian Pennino, who is Rocky’s wife, or Ludmilla Drago, who is Ivan Drago’s wife. The character was played by Sylvia Meals in Rocky II and Rocky IV, and by Phylicia Rashad in Creed, Creed II, and Creed III.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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