Älterenschwulen, tell me about the rise and fall of Pia Zadora.

Who would be her equivalent today?

• Beyoncé?

• Kardashian/Hilton

• I had never heard of her until her rich superannuated husband tried to buy stardom for her. What's his name – Riklis? Seems to me he bought her a Golden Globe award or something.

• Sandra Lee

• Janet Jackson comes to mind.

• She rose, but not very high.

• Before she made a splash in Hollywood, I remember seeing her Dubonnet commercials and thnking, "Who the hell is Pia Zadora?"

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtGPCABCGGo8

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• R6, What stopped her climb?

• Janet didn't reach the heights that Pia Zadora did.

• As far as the rise part, a friend was the musical director of the original "Dames at Sea". Pia Zadora was Bernadette Peter's replacement. She played about four performances before they found out she was actually 16. Apparently she was quite good, but lying about her age got her canned.

• Considering the current backlash, poor AnnE.

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• Lens.

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• Whoever has to endure Harvey Weinstein panting on top of her in return for having a brief shot at fame.

• Ahem...

  T. Cruise

• Willow Smith.

• I think the the husband owns or owned The Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.

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• Tori Spelling

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• She was THE ULTIMATE Fanny Brice.

  http://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-04/entertainment/ca-57_1_funny-girl

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• Can anyone post a current photo of Miss Pia?

• comic genius

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DzFeviae_pfc

• nobody....she was like totally unknown and then boom she won a Golden Globe back when there wasn't much publicity about them. Granted I was a kid so I could be remembering this wrong but I think there was almost like hysteria when she won (like people openly shaking there head and going OMG! and booing) I wish it was on youtube. I remember her joyously making a speech while the crowd talked over her.

• BTW they took the Golden Globes off the networks for like twenty years after this. It aired on cable and a lot of people wouldn't even show up.

• Thank you R18, I needed that! Never saw the movie!

• I found a long trailer for her Butterfly movie that won the golden globe for her, it looked rotten to the core.