All about La Liza
HIGHLIGHTS:
Born in 1946 to actress Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli.
Appearing with mother at sold-out shows in London in 1964.
Winning Best Actress Oscar for playing Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse’s Cabaret (1972). Only child of two Oscar winners to win an Oscar.
One of the very few performers to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony (at age 19), a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
One of the bright, shining regulars during the shortlived Studio 54 era, where she reportedly enjoyed herself very much with a wellknown ballet dancer under a table.
Touring with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in 1988 and 1989.
Recent hilarious guest turn as Lucille Austero on Fox’s Arrested Development. LOWS:
Betty Ford and AA alumna.
Two hip-replacement surgeries and three knee surgeries.
Break-ups with husbands Peter Allen (1974), Jack Haley Jr. (1979), Mark Gero (1992), David Gest (2003).
Having Michael Jackson as best man at her creepy wedding to David Gest. Gest later claimed Liza beat him and once threw a lamp at him. Interesting speculation at the time: Could Liza, who is a gay icon of the highest echelon, be accused of gay bashing?
Much-hyped VH- 1 reality show cancelled.
Proving that grown men are no match for a 5foot-4-inch woman with a bad hip, a former bodyguard and chauffeur in 2004 accused Minnelli of assault and battery, breach of contract, withholding payment for services rendered and sexual harassment.