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Known for movies
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) as Pia Zadora
Hairspray (1988) as Beatnik Chick
The Lonely Lady (1983) as Jerilee Randall
Butterfly (1982) as Kady Tyler
Quick Facts
Full Name
Pia Zadora
Net Worth
$25 Million
Date Of Birth
May 4, 1953
Height
1.52 m
Profession
Actor, Singer
Nationality
American
Spouse
Michael Jeffries (m. 2005), Jonathan Kaufer (m. 1995–2001), Meshulam Riklis (m. 1977–1993)
Children
Kady Z, Kristofer Barzie Riklis, Jordan Maxwell Kaufer
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Movies
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Butterfly, The Lonely Lady, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, Hairspray, Troop Beverly Hills, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme, Naked Gun 33?: The Final Insult, Favorite Deadly Sins, Fake-Out
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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Former stepmother of: Ira D.Riklis, Mona Ackerman and Marcia Riklis.
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Suffered head injuries and a broken ankle after falling from a golf cart being driven by her son. [September 11, 2014].
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Stepson Michael Jeffries Jr. was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a friend during an argument a party in October 2011. Jeffries faces 20 years to life in prison. [March 26, 2015].
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Las Vegas, NV, USA: Opening at the Smith Center, July 27-28. [July 2012]
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Born on a Tuesday.
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Arrested on charges she scratched and choked her autistic son after he refused to go to bed, which resulted in a SWAT standoff after he called police. The case against her was dismissed after she completed alcohol and impulse control counseling. Her husband, who was home at the time, was fired from his job as a deputy sheriff four months later for refusing to cooperate with police during the incident. He filed a lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Clark County Sheriff Douglas C. Gillespie a year later claiming his constitutional rights had been violated. [June 1, 2013].
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Lives in Las Vegas with her third husband, a Las Vegas detective. She met her current husband after reporting a stalking incident to the Las Vegas Police.
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She is of Italian origin by her father side (Calabria) and Polish by her mother side.
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In 1961, the six-year-old was selected by noted screen and stage actor Burgess Meredith to appear in the Broadway production of "Midgie Purvis" starring the one and only Tallulah Bankhead.
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Attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art while a child as a means of overcoming shyness.
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Father, Alphonse Schipani, played violin in Broadway pit orchestras, and mother, Saturnina Zadorowski, was a theater wardrobe supervisor.
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For "Rock It Out" she received a Grammy nomination in 1984 for "Best Single By A Female Rock Star.".
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After remarrying in 1995, she appeared on Broadway in "Crazy For You" to favorable reviews, but during this production, she suffered a miscarriage, retired from show business, divorced her second husband and began living with her first husband and father to her children on the grounds of the former Pickfair Estate in Beverly Hills.
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In 1990 she toured as an opening act for Frank Sinatra.
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She made her first records in the 1960s, which included "Bye Bye Boy", for which she was billed as "Little Pia".
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At the time when Zadora became the "ad girl" for the French wine-based aperitif, her first husband was a major shareholder of the American distributor for Dubonnet.
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It was during a 1972 bus-and-truck production of "Applause" starring Alexis Smith that was touring in Ohio that Zadora met Meshulam "Rik" Riklis, a 49-year old corporate businessman. She was 17. Four years later they married.
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Played youngest daughter Bielke for two years in "Fiddler on the Roof" on Broadway (1964-1966).
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Considered for the role of Evita Peron in Evita (1996).
In 1984, her song "Rock It Out" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Among her fellow nominees: Lita Ford, Bonnie Tyler, Wendy O. Williams and eventual winner Tina Turner.
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Appeared in a Penthouse spread in 1983. The picture for her 1984 "Rock It Out" single was taken from this shoot.
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Became the first thespian to "win" back-to-back RAZZIE Awards when she was named Worst Actress of 1982 for Butterfly (1982) and Worst Actress of 1983 for The Lonely Lady (1983) - thus making her the RAZZIE equivalent of Luise Rainer.
After she won the 1982 Golden Globe for New Star of the Year, Female - despite having made her film acting debut 17 years earlier - rumors swirled that then-husband Meshulam Riklis "bought" her the award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association retired the category in 1983.
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She had a relatively successful singing career. She made pop and traditional vocal albums in the 80s. Her biggest hit in the U.S. was 1983's "The Clapping Song". She earned a Grammy nomination in 1984 with "Rock It Out" (for Female Rock performance) and also scored a worldwide hit with "When the Rain Begins to Fall", a duet with Jermaine Jackson. It was not a hit in the U.S., however. Among her albums: Pia (1982) and Let's Dance Tonight (1984), Pia & Phil (1985), I Am What I Am (1986), Reflections/Today (1988) and When the Lights Go Out (1988) and Pia Z (1989). She also had songs on the soundtracks to her films Butterfly (1982), Fake-Out (1982) and Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984). She went on to perform in Las Vegas, opening for such pop standard veterans as Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and others.
Bought the Pickfair mansion in January 1988, only to have it demolished. The outside gate with the letter P is all that remains of the original home.
Quotes
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Quote
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They [Hollywood industry] may resent somebody infringing on their territory which is a natural thing. You don't come out of nowhere and win a Golden Globe! If I were a struggling little actress who won, they'd say, 'Oh come on, sweetheart. You won! Great!' and I'd be part of their clique. But no. They don't have that power over me; I'm not at their mercy. That may be what they resent. - on her Golden Globe win
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"They never told me about winning all those Razzie Awards -- Maybe because they were afraid that, after reading all the reviews, I might kill myself!" (Quoted from "The E! True Hollywood Story: Pia Zadora")
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I don't know, people say I'm a sex symbol, but I think I'm an actress.
Pictures
Won Awards
Won awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
1990
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst New Star of the Decade
For The Lonely Lady
1984
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Actress
The Lonely Lady (1983)
1983
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Actress
Butterfly (1982)
1983
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst New Star
Butterfly (1982)
1982
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture
Butterfly (1982)
1982
Sour Apple
Golden Apple Awards
1982
ShoWest Award
ShoWest Convention, USA
Young Star of the Year
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2000
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Actress of the Century
For Voyage of the Rock Aliens
1990
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Actress of the Decade
For The Lonely Lady
Filmography
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frasier
1999
TV Series
Jill
Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
TV Movie
Pia Zadora
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
1994
Pia Zadora
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
TV Movie
Little Miss Muffet
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
Pia Zadora
Heartbeat of Love
1989
Video short
Girl
Hairspray
1988
Beatnik Chick
When the Rain Begins to Fall
1986
Video short
Feel the Motion
1985
Pia Zadora
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
1984
Dee Dee
The Lonely Lady
1983
Jerilee Randall
Pajama Tops
1983
TV Movie
Babette Latouche
Fake-Out
1982
Bobbie Warren
Butterfly
1982
Kady Tyler
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
1964
Girmar
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beavis and Butt-Head
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
1994
performer: "This Could Be the Start of Something"
The Ice Capades 50th Anniversary Special
1990
TV Movie performer: "Party of a Lifetime", "You Are So Beautiful"
Hairspray
1988
performer: "Day-O"
Tommys Hollywood Report
1988
TV Movie performer: "Dance Out of My Head"
Feel the Motion
1985
performer: "Little Bit Of Heaven"
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
1984
performer: "When The Rain Begins To Fall", "Real Love", "You Bring Out the Lover in Me", "Little Bit Of Heaven", "Let's Dance Tonight"
Solid Gold
1983
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Lonely Lady
1983
performer: "The Clapping Song"
Fake-Out
1982
performer: "Those Eyes"
Butterfly
1982
performer: "It's Wrong For Me To Love You"
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
1964
performer: "Hooray for Santa Claus"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Celebrity Wife Swap
2015
TV Series
Herself
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2012
TV Series documentary
Herself
Butterfly: The Steamy Saga of a Cult Classic
2008
Video short
Herself
E! True Hollywood Story
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1995
TV Series
Herself - Guest
I Am Legend
1994
Video documentary
Herself
Hollywood Women
1993
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd
1993
TV Movie
Herself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean
$25 Million
