Born:
March 12, 1946
in
Hollywood, California
Best Known For:
Being Judy Garland's daughter.
Early-life:
Liza May Minnelli was born in Los Angeles on March 12, 1946. She is the daughter of legendary diva Judy Garland and acclaimed director Vincente Minnelli, who named her after the Ira Gershwin song Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away). She has three half-siblings _ Joey and Lorna Luft from her mother's subsequent marriage, and Christiana Minnelli, from her father's. In 1949, Liza made her film debut alongside her mother in In the Good Old Summertime.
Career:
Despite warnings from her mother, Minnelli attempted to break into showbusiness at 16. Living alone in New York, she gained good reviews for the play Best Foot Forward and later appeared with her mother in two sell-out London concerts. Her first film was 1967's Charlie Bubbles, and two years later she received an Oscar nomination for The Sterile Cuckoo, eventually winning the Best Actress award in 1973 for Cabaret. Other movies include New York, New York (1977) and Arthur (1981). On TV she had recurring role as Lucille Austero in the sitcom Arrested Development. She continues to tour and release albums.
Quote:
'My family's been in showbusiness since the 1700s, I traced them. I'm bred to this, like a racehorse, a thoroughbred.'
Trivia:
She is one of only a few people to have won a Grammy, a Tony, an Emmy and an Oscar.