Despite the stellar cast and crew, the film bombed at the box office and received mostly negative reviews.Īgain working with Scorsese, Minnelli returned to Broadway in The Act in 1977. The musical New York, New York (1977) gave her a chance to work with famed director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro.
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The show won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Program-Variety and Popular Music in 1973.Īfter those great successes, however, Minnelli's film career hit a rough patch with such flops as Lucky Lady (1975) and A Matter of Time (1976), which was directed by her father. Minnelli’s hot streak continued with the television special, Liza with a Z, which was produced by Fred Ebb and Fosse. The film won eight awards in total, including a Best Supporting Actor award for Joel Grey and Best Director for Fosse. For her efforts, Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film, directed by Bob Fosse, showcased her singing talents as well as her range as an actress. Two years later, Minnelli landed her greatest film role, playing floundering nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret (1972), which was set in Germany in the 1930s. Her mother died from an accidental drug overdose on June 22, 1969. During the production of her next film, Otto Preminger’s Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1969), Minnelli suffered a great loss. Playing an offbeat misfit named Pookie, she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her work in the 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo.
Minnelli went on to co-star in the dramatic comedy Charlie Bubbles (1967) opposite Albert Finney. She was only 19 at the time, making her one of the youngest performers to ever win the award. While it only ran for a few weeks, the musical brought Minnelli a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The light musical comedy poked fun at the 1930s communist movement. In her first leading Broadway role, Minnelli appeared as the title character in Flora, The Red Menace in 1965. According to The New York Times, Minnelli said "It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good." Minnelli also performed with her mother during Garland’s stint at the Palladium in London and wowed audiences and her mother with her vocal prowess.
Around this time, Minnelli also appeared on her mother's short-lived television series, The Judy Garland Show. She landed a role in the off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward in 1963, which brought her strong reviews. Aspiring ActressĪs a teenager, Minnelli gave up on school and went to New York City to pursue a stage career. Minnelli remained close to her father throughout the rest of his life. In the 1950s, her father married again and had a daughter, Christiana Nina, with his second wife Georgette Magnani. Minnelli had a difficult relationship with her mother over the years as Minnelli tried to care for Garland who suffered from an addiction to pills and from depression. Her mother married producer Sid Luft in 1952, and Minnelli soon was a big sister to half-siblings Lorna (born in 1952) and Joey (born in 1955). Her parents divorced in 1951, and Minnelli divided her time between her parents.
While she made other appearances in her mother’s concert productions, Minnelli's career in entertainment did not start in earnest until later. Minnelli made her film debut as a toddler in the musical comedy In the Good Old Summertime (1949), which starred her mother and Van Johnson. In addition to Garland, Liza's father Vincente Minnelli was also well known in Hollywood for his work as a director. While her first appearances were with her superstar mother, Judy Garland, Minnelli has been able to step out of her mother’s shadow to establish a substantial career as a performer. Singer and actress Liza Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946, in Los Angeles, California. Minnelli pursued a stage career as a teenager and performed on Broadway. Liza Minnelli's mother, actress Judy Garland, was a famous performer and occasionally included Minnelli in her performances.
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