Liza Minnelli
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-03-12 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA
Liza Minnelli
Biography
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
Daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, Minnelli was born in Los Angeles, spent part of her childhood in Scarsdale, New York, and moved to New York City in 1961 where she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer, and traditional pop music artist. She made her professional stage debut in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of Best Foot Forward and received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for starring in Flora the Red Menace in 1965, which marked the start of her lifelong collaboration with John Kander and Fred Ebb. They wrote, produced or directed many of Minnelli's future stage acts and television series and helped create her stage persona of a stylized survivor, including her career-defining performances of anthems of survival ("New York, New York", "Cabaret", and "Maybe This Time"). Along with her roles on stage and screen, this persona and her style of performance contributed to Minnelli's status as an enduring gay icon.
An acclaimed performance in the drama film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) marked a film breakthrough for Minnelli and brought her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later received the award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the musical film Cabaret (1972), which brought her to international prominence. Most of her following films, including Lucky Lady (1975), New York, New York (1977), Rent-a-Cop (1988), and Stepping Out (1991), were not as successful, aside from the major box office hit and critically lauded Arthur (1981) which starred Minnelli. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Lucky Lady, New York, New York and Arthur. She returned to Broadway on a number of occasions, including The Act (1977), for which she received her second Tony Award, as well as The Rink (1984) and Liza's at The Palace.... (2008). Minnelli has also worked on various television formats and has predominantly focused on music hall and nightclub performances since the late 1970s. Her concert performances at Carnegie Hall in 1979 and 1987 and at Radio City Music Hall in 1991 and 1992 are recognized among her most successful. From 1988 to 1990, she toured with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2024)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
(2021)
(2019)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Halston
as Self
(2019)
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2018)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2015)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
(2014)
(2013)
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Sex and the City 2
as Self
(2010)
(2009)
Annul Victory
as Self
(2009)
VH1 Divas 2009
as Self
(2009)
Dzi Croquettes
as Self
(2009)
(2009)
Liza Minnelli: Liza's at The Palace
as Herself
(2009)
(2009)
The Real Cabaret
as Self
(2009)
Kay Thompson: Think Pink!
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
(2008)
(2007)
(2007)
Chris & Don: A Love Story
as Herself
(2007)
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
as Herself
(2007)
Portrait of a Choreographer
as Self
(2006)
The Oh in Ohio
as Alyssa Donahue
(2006)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
(2005)
The 'New York, New York' Stories
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2003)
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
(2002)
New York at the Movies
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
(1999)
Jackie's Back!
as Liza Minnelli
(1999)
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
as Self - Performer
(1998)
(1997)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
(1996)
(1995)
Unzipped
as Self
(1995)
The West Side Waltz
as Cara Varnum
(1995)
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
as Self
(1994)
Parallel Lives
as Stevie Merrill
(1994)
(1994)
(1994)
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Self (voice)
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
(1991)
Stepping Out
as Mavis Turner
(1991)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self
(1991)
Aznavour and Minnelli
as Self
(1990)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
The Ultimate Event
as Self
(1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Linda Marolla Bach
(1988)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
(1988)
Movies Are My Life
as Self
(1988)
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Three Characters
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Della Roberts
(1987)
(1987)
(1986)
Liza in London
as Self
(1985)
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
(1985)
A Time to Live
as Mary-Lou Weisman
(1985)
Judy Garland: The Concert Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Self
(1984)
(1984)
The Princess and the Pea
as Princess Alecia
(1982)
The King of Comedy
as Liza Minnelli
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
(1981)
Arthur
as Linda Marolla
(1980)
Baryshnikov on Broadway
as Self
(1980)
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
as Herself
(1980)
Goldie and Liza Together
as Self
(1977)
New York, New York
as Francine Evans
(1976)
Silent Movie
as Self
(1976)
A Matter of Time
as Nina
(1975)
Lucky Lady
as Claire
(1975)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
(1972)
Cabaret
as Sally Bowles
(1972)
Journey Back to Oz
as Dorothy (voice)
(1972)
Liza with a Z
as Herself
(1972)
(1970)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Junie Moon
(1969)
The Sterile Cuckoo
as Pookie Adams
(1968)
Charlie Bubbles
as Eliza
(1967)
(1965)
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
(1964)
(1963)
The Judy Garland Christmas Show
as Herself
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1949)
In the Good Old Summertime
as Veronica and Andrew's Daughter (uncredited)