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Liza Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLiza Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of legendary entertainer Judy Garland and her second husband, acclaimed film director Vincente Minnelli (who was of Italian and French descent).

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Early career

Minnelli's first film appearance was at the age of three in the final scene of the 1949 musical , starring her mother and Van Johnson.

Liza started performing at age of 16, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical , 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 19, and won a 1965 Tony Award for (1969) garnered her her first Academy Award nomination. In 1972, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as "Sally Bowles" in , along with Joel Grey who won an Oscar reprising his role in the movie that he had played in the Broadway musical (that of the creepy "Emcee").

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 as sexually and socially awkward Buster Bluth's lover. She has also won an Emmy Award for the 1972 TV special , as in her trademark songs, "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York." Minnelli's original, for the film in which she was a co-star with Robert DeNiro, preceded Frank Sinatra's successful cover version (for his "Trilogy" album), by two years.

Following her 2002 wedding to David Gest, Minnelli and Gest signed with the American cable network VH1 to star in their own reality series, but production of the series was cancelled at the last minute.

On January 1, 2006, she sang "New York, New York" at the second inauguration of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Other famous performances were at the 1978 Studio 54 party honoring New York City's revival, at which a guest was Mayor Ed Koch; the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1986; and at a 2001 New York Mets baseball game that was the metro area's first major sporting event after the September 11 attacks.

Marriages

Like her mother, Minnelli has had several 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:

ol) (March 3, 1967 – 1972). Australian-born 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 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. Liza ignored the myriad rumors swirling around Gest regarding his sexual orientation. Liza also was not put off by Gest's long-standing hobby of acquiring Judy Garland collectibles.Guests at Liza and David Gest's wedding included: Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson, Natalie Cole, Donald Trump and Melania Knauss, Gina Lollobrigida, Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Mya, Marisa Berenson, Esther Williams, Rosie O'Donnell, David Hasselhoff, Janet Leigh, Mia Farrow, Petula Clark, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas, Martha Stewart, Phyllis Diller, Carol Channing, Andy Williams, Liz Smith, Robert Goulet, Sally Kirkland, Chita Rivera, Joan Collins, Lauren Bacall, Julie Andrews, Luther Vandross, Monica, Cindy Adams, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Wagner and Jill St. John, Paula Abdul, Donny Osmond, Jane Powell, Dionne Warwick, Elaine Page, Brian May, Lorraine Bracco, Gloria Gaynor, Barbara Walters, Patricia Neal, Shaggy, Amber, Vikki Carr, Marilyn McCoo, Buzz Aldrin, Macaulay Culkin, Martine McCutcheon, Robert Altman, Clive Davis, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Jane Russell, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers, Ann Blyth, Michael Feinstein, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Edwin Starr, Freda Payne, Ben Vereen, Deborah Cox, Ashford and Simpson, B.J. Thomas, Blu Cantrell, Billy Gilman, Stephanie Mills, Topol, and many others.When Minnelli received the Grammy Legend Award it made her one of the few artists who have won entertainment's top four awards - the Academy Award, the Tony, the Emmy and the Grammy.Was briefly managed by KISS frontman Gene Simmons in the late 1980's (whom she allegedly also had an affair with).On September 30, 1991, Minnelli received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was honored for her career in the live theatre. Her star is located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.One of only three actresses, along with Faye Dunaway and Halle Berry, to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek)., Liza secretly called for Peta's Limo to go to her home so she could meet her and give her advice on what to say. Wilson later confirmed this rumor during the interview. (1946) (Garland's scenes were directed by none other Vincente Minnelli). In order to hide her pregnant stomach she was hidden behind stacks of dishes while singing "Look For The Silver Lining" (However, a small bump on Garland's stomach is visible while she is singing "Who (Stole My Heart Away)?"). She joked with Liza's godmother Kay Thompson, "What a song to sing in my present condition".