Pia Zadora Bio
Pia Zadora was born Pia Alfreda Schipani, on May 4, 1954. Pia is an American actress and singer. After work as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the critically lambasted Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year.
When her film career failed to take off, she became a singer of popular standards and made several successful albums backed by a symphonic orchestra. Few performers have been more ridiculed than Pia Zadora, due to the perception that her career was the result of marriage to billionaire Meshulam Riklis, whom she met when she was 17 and he 49, and her poor choice of films (she earned consecutive Razzie Awards for her first two, Butterfly and The Lonely Lady). Zadora, however, demonstrated resilience, quality and self-parody (playing herself in Feel the Motion, Troop Beverly Hills, and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult) that endeared her to many, including Frank Sinatra, who toured with her in 1990, and as a singer she earned the respect of critics who wrote her off.
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