The Resume

(December 2, 1923-September 16, 1977)
Born to Greek parents in New York City
Birth name was Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos
Known as 'La Divina'

Why she might be annoying:

She was vain.
She left her husband for Aristotle Onassis.
She ate raw meat much of her adult life.
She claimed to get a tapeworm from this diet.
Some feel her voice sounded like a chicken being strangled.
She has a huge cult of fanatics who worship her.
In an attempt to expand her vocal abilities, she she pushed her voice and ruined it.

Why she might not be annoying:

She grew up poor.
She was a brilliant actress.
She was arguably the biggest opera star of the 20th century.
Aristotle Onassis abandoned her for Jacqueline Kennedy.
Her detractors are every bit as crazed as her fans.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Apple Think Different Ads
• Belters
• Blackgama Furs - What Makes a Legend Campaign
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Cat Eyes
• D.J.'s and M.C.'s
• Dead Celebrity Cults
• E!'s Mysteries and Scandals
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Entertainers Loved by Lesbians
• Fag Hags [Women Loved by Gay Men]
• Fashion Role Models
• Goat Vocalists
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 2007)
• House of Onassis
• I Appeared in Hologram Form
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [C-D]
• I Attended Juilliard
• I Caught on Fire
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 53)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[C-E]
• I Portrayed a Hooker
• I Portrayed an Italian Character
• I Portrayed Anne Boleyn
• I Portrayed Lady Macbeth
• I Probably Banged Warren Beatty
• I Rode the Orient Express
• I Sing About Gypsies
• I Sing About Suicide
• I Was Buried at Sea
• I'm Buried in the Pere Lachaise in Paris
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
• Look at Me, I'm a Woman in Shades
• Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed [1966] (Ranked: 6)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1987)
• NPR’s 50 Great Voices
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Pale Faces
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 10751-11000 (Ranked: 10788)
• Raw Food Dieters
• Renounced U.S. Citizenship
• Someone Won an Emmy Portraying Me
• Supersized Egos
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19770916)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]
• Women with Ethereal Voices

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 109 Votes: 50.46% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 98 Votes: 47.96% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 146 Votes: 52.05% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 86 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 49 Votes: 51.02% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 76 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 374 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 84 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 158 Votes: 44.30% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 133 Votes: 41.35% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 194 Votes: 37.63% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 404 Votes: 43.81% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 1146 Votes: 42.58% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 520 Votes: 43.46% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 315 Votes: 41.27% Annoying