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Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los
Angeles, California) is an United States|American
actress and singer.  She is the daughter of
legendary entertainer Judy Garland and her second
husband, acclaimed film director Vincente
Minnelli.

== Early Career ==

Minnelli's first film appearance was in the final
scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old
Summertime, starring her mother and Van Johnson.
Liza started performing at age of sixteen, in
1963, on Broadway, in a revival of the  musical
Best Foot Forward, for which she received good
notices. The next year, her mother invited her to
perform with her at the London Palladium. The
audience loved her, and her musical career was
born. She returned to Broadway at nineteen, and
won a 1965 Tony Awards|Tony Award for Flora the
Red Menace.  She also received Tony Awards for The
Act in 1978 and a special Tony in 1974.  She was
nominated in 1984 for The Rink but lost to her
costar Chita Rivera.

== Further success and awards ==

The film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) garnered her
her first Academy Awards|Academy Award nomination.
In 1972, she won the Academy Award for Best
Actress for Cabaret. Minnelli has the distinction
of being the only Academy Award winner whose
parents are both Academy Award winners. Most
recently she has appeared as a recurring guest
star on the critically acclaimed TV sitcom
Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested
Development.  She has also won an Emmy Award for
the 1972 TV special Liza with a Z.

Minnelli has received a 1990 Grammy Legend Award. 
She received Golden Globe Awards for Cabaret and
for the TV movie A Time to Live.

Minnelli, like her mother, is known for her
powerful vocal style, as in her trademark songs,
"Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York
(film)|New York, New York." (Minnelli's original
preceded Frank Sinatra's successful cover version,
for his "Trilogy" album, by two years.)

== Marriages ==

Like her mother, Minnelli has had several failed
marriages, and has also been linked romantically
to director Martin Scorsese,  Peter Sellers,
pianist Billy Stritch, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and
actor Desi Arnaz Jr. Her husbands have been:
# Peter Allen (real name Peter Allen Woolnough)
(March 3, 1967 – 1972). Allen, who died of
complications from AIDS in 1992, was Judy
Garland's protegé in the mid 1960s.
# Jack Haley, Jr, (September 15, 1974 –
1979), a producer and director. His father, Jack
Haley, was Judy Garland's co-star in The Wizard of
Oz (1939 movie)|The Wizard of Oz.
# Mark Gero (December 4, 1979 – 1992), a
sculptor and stage manager.
# David Gest (March 16, 2002 – July 25,
2003), a concert promoter.  The couple announced
to the press in late 2002 that they would be
adopting a three-year-old girl, to be named Serena
Gest. They announced their divorce in 2003.

==Controversy==

David Gest, Minnelli's fourth husband, is
currently suing her for $10 million, accusing her
of beating him during drunken rages. Minnelli has
denied beating Gest and counter-sued, claiming he
cheated her out of more than $2 million.

Her former bodyguard and chauffeur, M'hammed
Soumayah, said that "without his consent," he was
forced to have sexual relations with Minnelli. 
Soumayah wants $50 million from Minnelli for her
"intentional assault and battery," another $50
million for sexual harassment and $89,000 in back
wages. Minnelli countersued and accused him of
breach of contract.

==Filmography==
*In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
*Charlie Bubbles (1967)
*The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
*Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
*Cabaret (1972)
*Just One More Time (1974) (short subject)
*That's Entertainment! (1974) (narrator)
*Journey Back to Oz (1974) (voice)
*Lucky Lady (1975)
*Silent Movie (1976) (Cameo)
*A Matter of Time (1976)
*New York, New York (1977)
*Arthur (1981)
*The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) (Cameo)
*Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
(voice)
*Rent-a-Cop (1988)
*Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
*Stepping Out (1991)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*Unzipped (1995) (documentary)
*The OH in Ohio (2005) (currently in
post-production)

==TV Work==
*The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965)
*Liza with a 'Z (1972)
*A Time to Live (1985)
*Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988)
*Parallel Lives (1994)
*The West Side Waltz (1995)
*Jackie's Back! (1999) (Cameo)
*Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested
Development (2003-2005)


==Stage Appearances==
*Flora, the Red Menace (1965)
*Liza (1974) 
*Chicago (musical)|Chicago (1975) (replacement for
Gwen Verdon from Aug-Sep. 1975)
*The Act (1978)
*The Rink (1984)
*Victor/Victoria (1995) (replacement for Julie
Andrews in 1997)
*Minnelli on Minnelli (1999)


==External links==
*imdb name|id=0591485|name=Liza Minnelli
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