Liza Minnelli

Singer / Actor

Liza Minnelli is the daughter of actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli. Like her mother, Minnelli became known as a song-and-dance trouper of stage and screen; she won a Tony award for 1965's Flora, the Red Menace (the youngest actress ever to win) and an Oscar for playing Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret. Her 1972 TV special Liza With a 'Z' (directed by Bob Fosse) won an Emmy. She also starred opposite Dudley Moore in the successful romantic comedy Arthur (1981). In the 1980s and 1990s Minnelli was especially known for her live revues, including shows with Frank Sinatra and his latter-day Rat Pack.

Extra credit: Minnelli married her fourth husband, producer David Gest, on 16 March 2002 in New York City; singer Michael Jackson was the best man, and the 14 matrons of honor included Elizabeth Taylor, Petula Clark and Gina Lollobrigida. Minnelli and Gest separated in July 2003, and later that year Gest sued her for $10 million, claiming she had abused him physically during their marriage... Minnelli's first husband (1967-72) was entertainer Peter Allen... She was also married from 1974-79 to Jack Haley, Jr., the son of actor Jack Haley (who played the Tin Man opposite Minnelli's mother in The Wizard of Oz), and to sculptor Mark Gero (1979-92).

Liza Minnelli appears with fellow hoofer Gwen Verdon in our loop The Fosse Connection... She also joins Shirley MacLaine as an honorary member of our loop on The Rat Pack.