Her father Victor, who had come from Genoa, would sometimes play the accordian in clubs, and he and her mother, Hilda, took their nine-year-old daughter to an audition in Glasgow for a place on Opportunity Knocks. Following an operation to cure her depression, Zavaroni died at the age of thirty-five from pneumonia on 1 October 1999. 3 listeners, Lena Zavaroni return countername.join('. Lena Zavaroni at the age of 10 in 1974, standing in front of a miniature of the. Do you know anything about this type of music? She followed this with the album Ma! function prod_name(c) {return c.replace(/^(.+?)\.. Stressed-out boss wins payout of pounds 175,000. (not verified yet), Bonnavgar function countername(u) { if(typeof ns_!="undefined"&&typeof ns_.ux!="undefined"){e=ns_.ux.cName||e;h=ns_.ux.cDomain||h;a=ns_.ux.cPath||a}for(var g=0,f=k.length;g'); Lena Zavaroni was born into an Italian-Scottish family at Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Lena Zavaroni tribute site:- http://www.lenazavaroni.com Very moving full length documentary which looks at the life and tragic death of the hugely talented Ma! Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. written by Joan Soler Amig if (u.match(/\/(sport2|2|ifs)\//)) { written by Marie Lafort BBC telecasted Lena Zavaroni on Broadway in September 1978 in the US. Zavaroni starred in a TV series, Lena Zavaroni and Music that was exclusively recorded and produced for her by BBC, in 1979. From the age of 13, Zavaroni suffered from anorexia nervosa. Her grandfather immigrated from Italy. (not verified yet). Father Victor Zavaroni played the guitar, mothe, Lena was born in Greenock and grew up in the small town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute with musical parents, who owned a fish and chip shop. Live performances quickly followed, including a show-stopping performance in a Hollywood charity show starring Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball as well as guest-starring on the The Carol Burnett Show (1967).