Lory Bianco

Lory Bianco (born August 19, 1963) is an Italian-American singer and actress also working under the name Bonnie Bianco. She is known for her role in the 1983 miniseries Cinderella 80. Artistic life Bianco started her career at the age of 10, performing in musicals, fairs, convalescent homes, hospitals, conventions, and beauty pageants. She was managed by Sam Gino and her mother Helen Bianco. Bianco sang solo and duet with her sister Holly and the two of them recorded their first single, "Give me a Minute" in 1975. Later at 16, Bianco received her first professional break with Hal White and Mark Gibbons, who released a single on RCA records, "Teenager in Love". At eighteen Bianco was discovered in a talent search by two producers from Italy, Guido and Maurizio De Angelis. The De Angelis brothers signed her and became her record label Kangaroo Records/Polygram. They changed her name to Bonnie Bianco. From 1984 to 1985, Bianco was featured and sang and danced in the prime time Saturday Italian variety show Al Paradise.