Lena Zavaroni: The Forgotten Child Star

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Friday 6 December

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Singer Lena Zavaroni became a celebrity at the age of nine, subsequently releasing a top 10 album, sharing the stage with Frank Sinatra and performing for US president Gerald Ford - all before her 11th birthday. However, the pressures of fame led to a lifelong battle with anorexia. She contracted pneumonia and died in 1999 at the age of 35. Told from the perspective of her 84-year-old father Victor, this story reflects on parental regret as he seeks peace with his daughter's untimely fate. With contributions from her cousin Margaret Zavaroni, producer Tommy Scott, Italia Conti classmates Bonnie Langford and Lisa Maxwell, friend Carmen Cori and fellow child star Neil Reid