Ariana Savalas on growing up with her famous Dad, Telly Savalas

Ariana Savalas is a jazz singer and expert whistler. She tells Carlos Amezcua & Lisa Remillard of BEONDTV about growing up the daughter of Telly Savalas, living in a hotel and reading letters from Frank Sinatra about her Dad.
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[@smithsmithy4817]

That family has so much class, grace and talent!

[@BillyBobDingledorf]

Ariana is very talented, but I'm not sure 'class' is a word I'd use to describe her. She has some very classy songs, but the way she chooses to generally present herself isn't classy.

[@clocktower7]

I am not old by any means believe me (very early 40's) but iconic actors like Telly Savalas, Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood etc etc... All of these Movie icons were unforgettable as actors, had a powerful screen presence, instantly recognisable and possessed depth of character. Today, most actors do not possess these attributes and are forgettable. R.I.P Telly.

[@liljons6753]

Bronson

[@Zangalwaal]

Agreed. I am about the same age.

[@nervchemnitz]

Telly Savalas is why I shaved off my hair when I was losing it at 30. One night I was watching one of his movies and thought to myself, 'oh man does Telly looks boss bald'. Didn't even wait for the end of the movie before I was in the bathroom shaving off all my hair. My wife wanders by, asks what hell I am doing with shaving cream covering my head, and I just go and point at Telly on the screen - before returning and finishing up. 20+ years later and now the wife won't let me go more than couple days before reminding me to shave it off for Telly.

[@Shamonwhitehurst252]

I tried but I looked awful so I’ve worn a wig …some guys look great bald…I don’t lol

[@Himmm2]

Ariana Savalas has been so great with her fans, I started enjoying her talents thru PMJ 6 years ago and have followed her ever since. She has a continuing Sunday KZbin show including tonight where she will give away a Ukelele to a lucky fan. She is a pure delight.

[@asicdathens]

Telly and his lollipops were so famous in Greece that a company sold Kojak lollipops

[@dougreed2257]

Telly savalas, one of a kind!!! 😊

[@BEONDTV]

Yeah so is his daughter!

[@cooperwolfe5478]

Yeah I agree. I truly believe that his version of Blofeld in the Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the greatest Bond villain of all time.

[@funny3272]

Ariana if your Dad Telly was alive he would of sang that beautiful song made famous by Anne Murray Snowbird and had a part for you singing and whistling. He loved you Baby 😊👍

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

I'm 55 & remember Telly and how cool he was!! Ariana is a wonderful lady!!!

[@cobbetlprogrammer1344]

NOTE: Wow Ariana Savalas your dad is the great one! Telly Savalas was the Baddest Dude (Black or White!) in the Room. This man did everything from (the dirty Dozen, Kojak, Twilight Zone, James Bond Supervillain, tales of the unexpected, the classic Horror Express)... and on. RIP the great one! Who loves you baby!

[@blade123able]

So true, god bless the man 👏👏👏

[@Lord_of_The_World]

Ariana is a gem. Telly Savalas is a legend and icon. All his brothers made names for themselves as well.

[@symunir9022]

If you haven't yet, please check out Ariana's cover of 'Bad Romance' on the Postmodern Jukebox channel. It has 41 millions views in 7 years. She sings and whistles equally well. Best wishes and best regards to the lady. Loved her dad in Kojak.

[@texastrumpgirl5706]

Also her video Legendary Lover. It's awesome

[@symunir9022]

@@texastrumpgirl5706 Just watched it. I agree. Thank you.

[@symunir9022]

@@texastrumpgirl5706 Checked out LL. Loved it. Thank you.

[@romanhrdlicka6223]

Ariana I liked your dad and I love you,too!!!

[@bajemo359]

Ariana has a great personality like the old man.

[@chadfarber6147]

🌺B R A V O🌺

[@heru-deshet359]

Telly made a great looking kid.

[@blade123able]

Listening to Ariana talking about her dad is just awesome. I only wish I could have met Telly to shake his hand and thank him for all the brilliant movies he made and the enjoyment he gave to me and millions of others around the world. My favourite actor without doubt, a true legend, thanks again Telly Savalas, total respect, god bless you 👏👏👏x

[@johnjordan6032]

Tarantino’s movies are heavily influenced by Kojak.

[@graytart]

Check out her work with Post Modern Jukebox - it is amazing!

[@BEONDTV]

She is amazing!

[@glgl1472]

She's a hoot of course I'm a big fan of hers and I follow her all the time she does KZbin videos almost every week she has an absolutely incredible voice.

[@WENDICOOPER]

Savalas means Ariana!

[@colinhill4963]

I have telly savalas Waxwork who played real life detective kojak ,Waxwork head is from Madame Tussauds.

[@warrenmccune305]

Her whistling is amazing

[@BEONDTV]

She can literally whistle anything! So good...

[@mikemoustakakis410]

Definitely. What a unique talent

[@costalepas7192]

I love you baby 💘

[@stevejames5863]

i met telly sava las in the sheraton hotel in los angeles in 1979. where we waited for stars there when we were young. we were told telly savages lived there and he came by, we said hello....but we could tell he didn t want to be hassled, as he many probably saw him there in the lobby.

[@dozergyp]

Anything with Ariana in is fantastic,She is such a beautiful person and singer Don’t know why see isn’t bigger, There are so called singers on the radio and television that get more air time. ❤️Ariana

[@supercat380]

Ariana retains the style, charisma, talent and charm of her father. She is also a very talented singer and entertainer and she looks so very beautiful

[@suzukinez]

Telly savalas was a legend > big joe Kelly’s heroes

[@christoph404]

what a lovely lady, so full of fun and charm..just like her dad!

[@MichaelSmith-js5wq]

Stumbled across this video and after watching it, have to say, Ariana seems like a very fun and lively person. I used to talk about how funny and real and energetic people like Dolly Parton are. They have a great passion for life and entertaining and it's no wonder how people can fall in love with them. Ariana seems to have this same charm and I'm so glad I watched this video. I had heard her sing with PMJ and wasn't aware of who she was. I'm surprised I haven't heard about here before now, given here famous father and the obvious talents she has. Glad to see this video is out there and hope it gets more exposure, I think she deserves it.

[@drumtum]

Wow here they have a daughter of the great Telly and they can´t do a serious interview face to face. This was a total waste!!!

[@user-hs7ps3egdkdkd]

So down to earth

[@hellod495]

its unbelievable, an amazing talent

[@michaelpowell5266]

Lollipops for Ariana- as her legendary dad would say as Kojak, "Who loves you, baby?"

[@LakshmananLM]

Roger Whitaker eat your heart out! Wow. Effortless..

[@hydrolito]

I sort of whistle the Andy Griffin show whistling but not that good.

[@MrIanstu88]

Telly is the man!! Daughter is great as well!

[@francesmartel7948]

I’m 60, and I remembered being a kid, and being shocked that my Parents loved him-(and my Mom found him SEXY!). But we all loved him-I loved him after fearing him on The Twilight Zone (the original “talking Tina episode). He played an abusive Stepfather that gets killed by a demonized doll.

[@gregmacd2829]

I did not know that was here father, I have been watching Ariana for years with Post Modern....awesome

[@roachman1412]

Telly would have been so proud just thinking if Franks letter would have been a text or email she would have never found it writing letters is a lost art

[@vmackey11]

Whos my dad? A famous actor? I had no idea. She just doesnt embrace her father. What guy is she living off of?

[@edwardogomez2919]

The interviewer is horrible. Get him off the air.

[@BEONDTV]

Thanks for watching. The interviewer has 22 Emmy awards and 40 years experience in TV.

[@karlhungus5554]

@@BEONDTV That doesn't change the fact that he interrupts too much and is difficult to watch. Justin Bieber managed to win a grammy, but that still doesn't make him talented. Rather, it says more about his audience. Back to the interviewer, not everything is hilarious. Not every moment needs to be jam-packed with dialogue. Talk show hosts from 30+ years ago knew how to draw out interesting stories from their guests and ask intelligent and thoughtful follow up questions. The pacing was relaxed and people didn't feel stressed by loud, rapid-fire banter that's shallow and meaningless like most of today's television. The interviewer is likely a swell fella. Perhaps he's a victim of today's low standards. We have hundreds of channels of garbage. It's unfortunate.

[@Clodhopping]

​@@karlhungus5554A "swell fella"? Are you commenting from 1930?...

[@karlhungus5554]

@@Clodhopping Yes! I'm having a swell time, too. Why don't you join me? There's a lot of hot music and sweet dames. I mean, some real tomatoes. Did you know that the earliest known use of the noun "clodhopper" is 1699?

[@marye5109]

I would love to see someone give Mr four eyes a smack on the bottom and escort him from that interview. Sorry Ariana

[@jimmybetancourt5845]

Bella la hija de kojak

[@charlieb6090]

Who loves ya baby.

[@fl3162]

Looks like Telly in drag

[@olorda]

I love Ariana Savalas but just wish American women would learn to sit properly and not cross their legs. British woman have got it covered and look so much more relaxed with their legs ‘discreetly’ uncrossed.

[@YD-uq5fi]

She does look like her father. But a woman is not supposed to have a tough-guy face like that.

[@Clodhopping]

She has better hair...

[@RobertWilletts-yk1yv]

Who loves ya baby.