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Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954 in film|1954) is an
United States|American actor|actress and singer.

Born Pia Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken,
New Jersey, she took her mother's maiden name as
her stage name. Her first appearance was in 1964's
infamous Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, as
Girmar, the Girl Martian. She won a Golden Globe
as 1982's "Most Promising New Star," but also won
"Worst New Star" in the 1982 Golden Raspberry
Awards.

Her movie career has been a series of lows, with
no hits, and with further Golden Raspberries to
her credit, including "Worst New Star of the
Decade" 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 U.S. 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. (In
Germany, this song was a number 1 hit for four
weeks.) Release of "Pia & Phil," album of
standards with The London Philharmonic 1987.

Zadora gained notoriety when she and her wealthy
husband, Meshulam Riklis, the owner of McCrory's,
among other businesses, bought the Beverly Hills,
California|Beverly Hills landmark mansion Pickfair
in 1988 and demolished it. The mansion, former
home of early movie stars Douglas Fairbanks
(1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford,
was one of Beverly Hills' most famous privately
owned properties, and its destruction gained
Zadora intense criticism.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0001871|name=Pia Zadora

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Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954 in film|1954) is an
United States|American actor|actress and singer.

Born Pia Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken,
New Jersey, she took her mother's maiden name as
her stage name. Her first appearance was in 1964's
infamous Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, as
Girmar, the Girl Martian. She won a Golden Globe
as 1982's "Most Promising New Star," but also won
"Worst New Star" in the 1982 Golden Raspberry
Awards.

Her movie career has been a series of lows, with
no hits, and with further Golden Raspberries to
her credit, including "Worst New Star of the
Decade" 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 U.S. 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. (In
Germany, this song was a number 1 hit for four
weeks.) Release of "Pia & Phil," album of
standards with The London Philharmonic 1987.

Zadora gained notoriety when she and her wealthy
husband, Meshulam Riklis, the owner of McCrory's,
among other businesses, bought the Beverly Hills,
California|Beverly Hills landmark mansion Pickfair
in 1988 and demolished it. The mansion, former
home of early movie stars Douglas Fairbanks
(1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford,
was one of Beverly Hills' most famous privately
owned properties, and its destruction gained
Zadora intense criticism.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0001871|name=Pia Zadora