History Creator / PiaZadora

** She played a high schooler again in Film/VoyageOfTheRockAliens (1984).

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[[caption-width-right:315:The undisputed master of DullSurprise.]]

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953 in Hoboken, New Jersey) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Butterfly'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that [[BribingYourWayToVictory her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.]]

* DawsonCasting: In ''Butterfly'' (1982), she was cast as a seventeen-year-old, although she was 28 at the time of filming.

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953 in Hoboken, New Jersey) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Film/{{Butterfly}}'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that [[BribingYourWayToVictory her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.]]

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953 in Hoboken, New Jersey) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Butterfly'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that [[BribingYourWayToVictory her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.]]

She in total has no less than four Razzies to her name, including worst new star of the decade and a nomination for worst actress of the ''century'', losing the latter "honor" to Music/{{Madonna}}. A long-standing rumor exists that while giving an especially unfavorable performance of ''Theatre/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank'', an audience member shouted "SHE'S IN THE ATTIC!" when the Nazis came on-stage.

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Butterfly'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that [[BribingYourWayToVictory her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.]]

Zadora's acting career falls mainly into TheEighties, though her career goes back to TheSixties when she appeared in ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' at the age of eight. Her fifteen minutes of fame ended after ''Film/TheLonelyLady'' and she has been fully retired since TheNineties. Her last acting appearances were doing a musical performance in ''Film/TheNakedGun 33 1\3: The Final Insult'' and an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' five years later.

She in total has no less than four Razzies to her name, including worst new star of the decade and a nomination for worst actress of the ''century'', losing the latter "honor" to Music/{{Madonna}}.

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Butterfly'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.

Zadora's acting career falls mainly into TheEighties, though her career goes back to TheSixties when she appeared in ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' at the age of eight. Her fifteen minutes of fame ended after ''Film/TheLonelyLady'' and she has been fully retired since TheNineties. Her last acting appearance was in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''.

Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1953) is an American actress and singer who came to national attention in 1981, when following her starring role in the highly criticized ''Film/{{Butterfly}}'', she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, while simultaneously winning the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Actress, and "Worst New Star" for the very same performance. Not surprisingly, afterwards it was revealed that her husband essentially provided a vacation for the Golden Globe voters.

Has to her credit a Golden Globe for best newcomer. She also has no less than four [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] to her name, including worst new star of the decade and a nomination for worst actress of the ''century'', losing the latter "honor" to Music/{{Madonna}}.

!!! Tropes Associated with Pia Zadora:
* BribingYourWayToVictory: She controversally won the Golden Globe for Best Newcomer through her husband essentially providing a vacation for voters.
* DullSurprise
* TheEighties

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[[caption-width-right:320:The undisputed master of DullSurprise.]]

Has to her credit a Golden Globe for best newcomer. She also has no less than four [[GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] to her name, including worst new star of the decade and a nomination for worst actress of the ''century'', losing the latter "honor" to Music/{{Madonna}}.

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* GirlsBehindBars: Her "Rock It Out" video is set in a women's prison.

Zadora's acting career falls mainly into TheEighties, though her career goes back to TheSixties when she appeared in ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' at the age of eight. Her fifteen minutes of fame ended after ''TheLonelyLady'' and she has been fully retired since TheNineties. Her last acting appearance was in an episode of ''{{Frasier}}''.

Has to her credit a Golden Globe for best newcomer. She also has no less than four [[GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] to her name, including worst new star of the decade and a nomination for worst actress of the ''century'', losing the latter "honor" to {{Madonna}}.

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