Pia Zadora

I have a soft spot for Pia Zadora precisely because she turned ridicule into a kind of armor. The Hoboken-born child performer, who came up through Broadway and even Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, pulled off the unthinkable in the early 1980s: a Golden Globe New Star award and a Razzie Worst Actress in the same breath. Most careers would have crumbled under that, yet she kept singing and performing for years.

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Name (English)

Pia Zadora

Name (Japanese)

ピア・ザドラ

Reading

ぴあ・ざどら

Born

May 4, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / stage actor / television actor / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 1983 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
• 1983 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star
• 1984 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress

• Official sitehttps://piazadora.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia%20Zadora
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437039

Tags

• New Jersey
• singer
• actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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