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Pia Zadora

American actress and singer
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  • Golden Globe statuettes
    Golden Globe Award
    / History and controversies

    …that the husband of actress Pia Zadora, the winner of an award that was widely considered to be undeserved, had furnished voters with various favors. Both incidents resulted in the disappearance of the ceremony from network television for several years.

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    …that the husband of actress Pia Zadora, the winner of an award that was widely considered to be undeserved, had furnished voters with various favors. Both incidents resulted in the disappearance of the ceremony from network television for several years.

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  • The Pope of Trash
    John Waters
    / Breakthrough: Hairspray

    …Ocasek (of the Cars), and Pia Zadora. (Divine died of a heart attack at age 42 only a few weeks after the movie’s premiere.)

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    …Ocasek (of the Cars), and Pia Zadora. (Divine died of a heart attack at age 42 only a few weeks after the movie’s premiere.)

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