Andria Savio

Andria Savio (born February 27, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and artist. She is best known for her role in Stryker. She is most famous for being with movie star legend Tony Curtis.Early life: Andria Savio was born in Manhattan, New York on February 27, 1963. She was raised as a Catholic in New Canaan, Connecticut, -- where she lived in a beautiful modern house designed by her father Dino Savio - and it was built right next to the famous Philip Johnson Glass House. In fact when Savio was a little girl she would see nuns walking around the house right from her front door--The Glass House was at that time converted into a convent. Andria remembers mostly her artistic career as a child beginning with piano lessons every week with the late surrealist artist Wilma Ervin - and Wilma wrote an art book with Andy Warhol! Without much concern Andria's parents divorced and her mother moved with her to Westport Connecticut and put Andria in a private middle school. Andria Savio is the daughter of Vicki Savio Valley and Dino Savio. Her mother was a young ballerina for The New York City Ballet and awarded best artist of the year from The Museum Of Modern Art in the early seventies. Her mother became a ballet teacher after her choreography days for Off Broadway. During that time her father, also a modern artist, was an important industrial designer for IBM, Seth Thomas and Westinghouse and The Pentagon. Together in theater her parents worked Off Broadway and her mother choreographed the musicals: Cabaret, Carousel, Brigadoon, Hello Dolly, and Man Of La Mancha-- while her father designed the sets for the productions. Her grandmother Eleanor was an original Rockette in the ballet chore of The Ziegfeld Follies and danced with Fred Astaire in Bandwagon as the lead actress on Broadway for one season. Andria's grandmother taught her the Time Step when she was 5. This show business background had inspired Andria to be in Show business. Andria Savio has one brother, Christopher-a Heart Surgery specialist under Yale University and one sister, Laura Strobel, an Author. Andria is the mother of one son, now a veteran with The United States Army. Andria received an award in a national contest in 1980 in Florida for My Commitment to My Country for a speech she wrote for The Veterans of Foreign Wars. Savio's acting studies include studying with the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in NYC and Milton Katselas with the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Bill Howe, and The Burt Reynolds Institute For Film And Theater. Career: Savio began her acting career in her early teens by starring in ingenue roles in community theater in Florida. Savio starred in Bus Stop playing Marilyn Monroe's leading role. Savio also starred in The Pleasure of His Company, Forty Karats and Lo and Behold. Savio graduated High School in Florida mid term with honors and college credits in English in order to make her first motion picture. She was cast in her first movie Death Screams, directed by David Nelson ( The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ), in a leading role as "Kathy" at the age of 16. She was then cast as the lead in Stryker, an action movie directed by Cirio Santiago and filmed on location in the Philippines. Savio was also a backup singer for Rod Stewart. Savio became a member of SAG from her first feature film Death Screams, and a member of AFTRA for being on General Hospital, but television was never her ambition. It was always to be a movie star. Savio starred in a few commercials one directed by her first director David Nelson, and one starring with Tony Curtis. Personal life: Andria Savio left Hollywood around 1990 with success as a movie star and Fame happened fast. Later in life she was Involved with the presidential campaigns of former Vice President Al Gore and Senator John Edwards, and also worked with the Democratic labor party helping former NASA Astronaut Senator Bill Nelson of Florida. Since then she has remained an artist and a mother. Show less «