Liza Minnelli became famous as a Hollywood actress, singer, is a wonderful person and a very bright personality.
Childhood of Liza Minnelli
The girl was born on March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, and from birth she was destined for acting. After all, her father Vincent Minnelli and mother Judy Garden were the real stars of the dream factory.
“The father was a famous Hollywood director, and the girl’s mother became famous as an actress and singer. Naturally, from early childhood, Lisa dreamed of following in their footsteps.
The girl appeared on the big screen at the age of 3. She was approved for the lead role in the film The Good Old Summer, which was released in 1949. From that moment on, serious changes began in Lisa's life.
After the divorce of her parents, she stayed with her mother, who constantly took her daughter with her on tour. Lisa watched the filming process from the side and knew all the details.
Therefore, it is unlikely that anyone will be surprised by the fact that she decided to become like her famous mother.
When Judy decided to remarry, Lisa had a very hard time. After all, the mother was often on the verge of depressive breakdowns, she began to abuse alcohol, drugs appeared in her life.
The future star had to take care of the born brother and sister on her own, she coped with these duties without any problems.
But one day they began to compare the girl with her mother, and she felt that her daughter was becoming her serious competitor, which she did not like very much.
The beginning of a career as an actress in cinema
In 1963, when Lisa was 17 years old, she decided to move to New York and pursue her own career. Soon she performed at the Broadway theater.
Just a year later, she was awarded the first theatrical award for a role perfectly performed in one of the productions. Now they began to trust her with larger roles, and the girl improved her own acting skills every day.
In 1965, she received a new Tony Award for her performance in the musical Flora the Red Menace. Time passed, and the musical Cabaret was presented on the stage of the theater, thanks to which the girl received several more prestigious awards and prizes.
And after seven years, they decided to film this musical, and the actress was awarded the Oscar for the work done. It was from that moment that the girl's career in cinema began.
The audience and critics admired the game of Liza Minnelli, and she received the main roles in many films. For them, she was awarded the Golden Globe Award along with the prestigious David di Donatello Award.
In the late 1980s, Lisa was invited to play the lead role in the film Cop for Hire. There she played a prostitute who, against her will, witnessed a brutal crime. The film was recognized as the most iconic film of the decade.
In total, during her career as an actress, Lisa has played in more than 40 films. But with the onset of the century, she appeared less and less on the screens. More often she took part in the filming of TV series, the most famous of them were: Arrested Development and Deadly Beautiful.
She was also one of the actresses in the cult television series Sex and the City!.
Music by Liza Minnelli
In music, Minnelli has achieved no less success than on the screen. She has released 11 studio records. The first of them was presented after the start of work in the theater.
After that, Lisa began to delight fans with new compositions almost every year, which were incredibly popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
And now some of these songs are listened to with pleasure by both young people and representatives of the older generation.
Personal life of the singer
Various legends about the singer's personal life constantly appear in the media and other publications. It is currently known that she was officially married 4 times.
But Liza had much more novels with members of the opposite sex.
She lived the longest with singer Peter Allen. Also her legal husbands were: David Gest, Mark Guiro, Jack Haley. Unfortunately, at the beginning of this century, the celebrity could not resist the temptations and followed the path of her mother.
She began to abuse alcohol and drugs. Lisa's last husband insisted that she be treated in a rehabilitation clinic.
For many months she managed to get rid of her addiction, but ... Returning to her usual life, she again embarked on a drug and alcohol path.
But after the divorce, she still managed to pull herself together, went through re-rehabilitation and said goodbye to harmful addictions forever.
What is the singer doing now?
Currently, Lisa has focused on helping people who are "captive" to alcohol and drugs. She also donates money to charity.
And in 2018, Lisa participated in the auction, where her stage costumes were used as lots.
Including the outfit that was worn by the famous actress in the movie "Cabaret". In addition, she put up for auction and personal belongings of her mother.
