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Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer.Born Pia Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey she took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She won a Golden Globe Award as 1982's "Most Promising New Star", but also won "Worst New Star" in the 1982 Golden Raspberry Awards.
Her film career has been a series of lows, with no hit films, and with further Golden Raspberries to her credit, including the "Worst New Star of the Decade" award in the 1989 Golden Raspberry Awards.
She has attained some success as a singer, and has had several hit singles throughout the world. In 1982 she received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Her cover version of the Shirley Ellis hit, "The Clapping Song", reached the US Top 40 in 1983, and she had a minor hit with a duet with Jermaine Jackson titled "When The Rain Begins To Fall" in 1984.
Zadora gained notoriety when she and her husband bought and demolished the Hollywood landmark mansion PickfairPickfair was the name of the Hollywood mansion home of silent screen actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The name is a combination of their surnames. Located at 1143 Summit Drive, in the San Isidro Canyon near Los Angeles, California, the property in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.. The former home of silent screen stars Douglas FairbanksDouglas Fairbanks ( May 23, 1883 December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He became noted for his swashbuckling roles in such movies as The Mark of Zorro ( 1920), The Three Musketeers ( 1921), Robin Hood ( 1922), The and Mary PickfordMary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 May 29, 1979) was a motion picture star, known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl. She became one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Mary Pickford Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto,, the mansion was one of Hollywood's most famous privately owned properties. Its destruction gained Zadora intense criticism.
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