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.Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. Best known for her -winning performance in (1972), she is known for her energetic stage presence and her powerful singing voice. She is the daughter of and.Seeking theatrical work, Minnelli 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 revival of and won a for starring in in 1965, which marked the start of her lifelong collaboration with. They wrote, produced or directed many of Minnelli's future stage acts and TV shows and helped create her stage persona of a stylized survivalist, including her career-defining performances of anthems of survival (', ' and ').
Along with her roles on stage and screen, this persona and her style of performance added to Minnelli's status as an enduring.Critically lauded for her early non-musical screen performances—especially (1969)—Minnelli rose to international stardom, starring in Cabaret and the -winning TV special (1972). Most of her following films—including (1975), (1977), (1988) and (1991)—were panned by the critics and bombed at the box office, and she had no more major movie hits except (1981).
She returned to on a number of occasions, including (1977), (1984) and (2008), worked on various television formats and has predominantly focused on and nightclub performances since the late 1970s. Her concert performances at in 1979 and 1987, and at in 1991 and 1992 are recognized among her most successful. From 1988 to 1990, she toured with and in Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event.Best known for her renditions of, Minnelli's early 1960s pop singles were produced to attract a young audience, and her albums from 1968 to 1977 contained much of the contemporary singer-songwriter material. In 1989, she ventured into the contemporary pop scene by collaborating with the on the album. After a hiatus due to serious health problems, Minnelli returned to the concert stage in 2002 with and was an acclaimed guest star in the sitcom between 2003 and 2013. Since the 2010s, she has avoided huge concert tours in favor of small retrospective performances. Minnelli with her mother on the set of in 1950Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946 in, California, to.
Her parents named her after Ira Gershwin's song '. Minnelli has a half-sister, and half-brother, Joey, from Garland's marriage to. She has another half-sister, Christiane Nina Minnelli (nicknamed Tina Nina), from her father's second marriage. Minnelli's godparents were and her husband.Her first performing experience on film was at age three appearing in the final scene of the musical (1949); the film stars Garland. In 1961 she moved to New York City, attending and later,. Career Theater During 1961, Minnelli was an apprentice at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
She appeared in the chorus of Flower Drum Song and played the part of Muriel in Take Me Along. She began performing professionally at age 17 in 1963 in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical, for which she received the Theatre World Award.The next year, her mother invited her to perform with her in concert at the.
Both concerts were recorded and released as an album. She attended Scarsdale High School for one year, starring in a production of which then went to Israel on tour. She turned to Broadway at 19, and won her first Tony Award as a leading actress for. It was the first time that she worked with the musical pair. Music Minnelli began as a nightclub singer as an adolescent, making her professional nightclub debut at the age of 19 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. That same year she began appearing in other clubs and on stage in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New York City. Her success as a live performer led to her recording several albums for: (1964), (1965), and (1966).
In her early years, she recorded standards as well as show tunes from various musicals in which she starred. Because of this fact, William Ruhlmann named her 's little sister'. The Capitol albums Liza! Liza!, It Amazes Me, and There Is A Time were reissued on the two-CD compilation The Capitol Years in 2001, in their entirety.From 1968 to the 1970s, she also recorded her albums (1968), and (both 1970) for.
She released (1973) and (1977) on.In 1989, Minnelli collaborated with the on, an electronic dance-style album. The release hit the top 10 in the UK and charted in the U.S., spawning four singles: '; '; '; and '.Later that year, she performed 'Losing My Mind' live at the Grammys ceremony before receiving a Grammy Legend Award (the first Grammy Legend Awards were issued in 1990 to Minnelli, and ). With this award, she became one of only 16 people—in a list that includes composer, and and others—to win an, and.In April 1992, Minnelli appeared at the for her late friend, performing ' with the surviving members of the rock band at Wembley Stadium in London.In 1996, Minnelli released a studio album titled. It was a recording of jazz standards and included contemporary songs such as the cover of which she performed as a duet with.
This album brought her a Grammy nomination for.In 2006, Minnelli appeared on 's album, providing backing vocals and singing a solo part with on the track 'Mama.' Minnelli was nominated in 2009 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her studio recording, based on her hit Broadway show.Minnelli released an album on the label titled Confessions on September 21, 2010.On June 25, 2019, listed Liza Minnelli among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the.
As inHer first appearance on film is as the baby in the very last shot of her mother's film (1949). Her first credited film role was as the love-interest in (1967), 's only film as director and star, although four years earlier, she did voiceover work for the animated film, a sequel to. Minnelli was the voice of Dorothy (a character played in the earlier film by her mother Judy Garland) in what would have been her first credited film role had it been released in 1964 as planned—the production was delayed, eventually being released in the UK during 1972.Minnelli appeared in (1969), 's first feature film, as Pookie Adams, a needy, eccentric teenager. Her performance was nominated for the Academy Award for. She played another eccentric character in (1970), directed by.Minnelli appeared in her best-known film role, in the film version of (1972). She said that one of the things she did to prepare was to study photographs of actresses and and the dark-haired women of the era in which the film is set.
Minnelli won the Academy Award for for her performance, along with a, and also and for Best Foreign Actress.Following the success of Cabaret, and Minnelli teamed for, a television special. The program aired two times on TV and was not seen again until a DVD release in 2006.Minelli appeared in three expensive flops in three years, with suggesting by 1978 that she was the number one choice for box office poison. First was (1975), then she worked with her father in (1976), co-starring and then (1977), which gave Minnelli her best known. She sometimes performed duets on stage with, who recorded a cover version (for his album).Minnelli made fewer film appearances from then on but her next film, (1981), where she starred as 's love interest, was a big hit.
She returned to film for and (both 1988) and (1991), a musical comedy drama. She later appeared in in 2006 which only received a in theatres.
Television. And Minnelli in Baryshnikov on Broadway, 1980During the 1950s, Minnelli appeared as a child guest on 's show and sang and danced with on his first television special in 1959. She was a guest star in one episode of the and was a frequent guest on chat shows of the day including numerous appearances on shows hosted by,. During the 1960s, she made several guest appearances on as well as other variety shows such as, and.In 1964, she appeared as Minnie in her first television dramatic role in the episode 'Nightingale for Sale' on 's short-lived series.In December 1992, American Public Television aired Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall produced by Phil Ramone and Chris Giordano. The show received six Emmy nominations and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics, awarded to Fred Ebb and John Kander.Much later in her career, Minnelli made guest appearances on shows such as,. In the UK, she appeared on the, and shows, and in October 2006, participated in a comedy skit on 's show and was featured on 's show.In November 2009, American Public Television aired Liza's at the Palace, taped from September 30 to October 1, 2009 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre.
The executive producers of the taping, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, were previously were involved with the 2005 rerelease of 1972's Emmy Award- and Peabody Award-winning Liza with a 'Z'. Later career Minnelli returned to Broadway in 1997, taking over the title role in the musical, replacing. In his review, critic Ben Brantley wrote 'her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty. She asks for love so nakedly and earnestly, it seems downright vicious not to respond.' After a serious case of in 2000, doctors predicted that Minnelli would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair and perhaps not be able to speak again. However, taking vocal and dance lessons daily (especially with, Ron Lewis, and Angela Bacari), she managed to recover.
She returned to the stage in 2001 when asked by long-time friend to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City where she sang 'Never Never Land' and the televised 'You Are Not Alone' at the concert produced by future husband. Minnelli told reporters: 'I am stable as a table.'
Gest was so impressed with Minnelli's stamina and ability to stun audiences that he produced her in in Spring 2002, performing to rave reviews in London and New York City. The tour featured a tribute to her mother: after years of declining fans' pleas for her to sing Garland's signature song ', she concluded Act 1 with the final refrain of her mother's anthem to an instant ovation. Amongst performing her classic hits, other numbers unreleased in the album version included 'I Believe You' by, a rap version of 'Liza with a Z', 'Yes', and 's.signed Minnelli and Gest in 2002 to appear in a reality show titled. The pilot episode was filmed following the couple around as they prepared for a party at their home, with a guest list including, and others.
The show was cancelled shortly after the pilot episode was filmed due to a dispute between VH1 and Gest, Minnelli, and never aired. Recordings of the pilot episode still exist.From 2003 through 2005, she appeared as a recurring character on the Emmy Award-winning TV sitcom as (also known as 'Lucille 2'), the lover of both the sexually and socially awkward and Buster's brother.
Minnelli appeared in the role for the show's fourth season in 2013.In September 2006, Minnelli made a guest appearance on the long-running drama in 'Masquerade', a Halloween-themed episode, broadcast on October 31, 2006.Minnelli also completed guest vocals on 's 2006 concept album, portraying 'Mother War,' a dark conception of the main character's mother in the song '. Main article: Studio albums. (1964).
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Contents.Early life McGillis was born July 9, 1957, in, the daughter of Virginia Joan ( Snell), a homemaker, and Dr. Donald Manson McGillis, a doctor. McGillis is of descent from her father's side, and German from her mother, and Welsh also. She attended Newport Harbor High School.McGillis was raised in, and attended the at in.
After graduating from high school in 1975, she moved to to study acting at the, where she in 1983,. Career Film After making her film debut in in 1983, McGillis' breakout role was that of an mother in the 1985 film with, for which she received and award nominations. Her next high-profile role was that of flight instructor Charlotte Blackwood (call sign 'Charlie') in the 1986 film with and.In 1987, McGillis acted in the fantasy-comedy film, directed by, which was produced. The film also co-stars.McGillis played the part of caretaker for Miss Venable in 1988's, which also starred. She overhears a suspicious conversation in the house next door and suspects that she's stumbled on a conspiracy to smuggle into the United States.After 1988's, she appeared in with, a film she despised and which discouraged her from pursuing an acting career. McGillis appeared in dozens of television and film roles throughout the 1990s before taking a break from acting for a few years.McGillis played the part of 's second wife, in (1992). From the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, McGillis appeared in (1989), and (1994), her 2nd part in television or film, as well as several made-for-TV films.In 1999, McGillis co-starred with (who plays Virgil, a blind man), for a second time as his over protective sister in.She played the suspect in the disappearance of a young woman starring in, an international lesbian from 2000.
The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by poet. Television McGillis' early television roles included a part on the in 1984.She also starred in television movies with in 1984's Sweet Revenge, which was re-titled at some point.Other television films during the 1980s included in 1985, and as a in Santabear's First Christmas. She also narrated the documentary Out of Ireland for in 1995.Stage While at Juilliard she performed in 's, directed by John Bletchley. She appeared in a couple of and productions during the 1980s in New York City.During the late 1980s and through the mid 2000s, McGillis was a featured actress at the prestigious in. Appeared in production of John Webber's play ' at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC.
(2002)In 2004, she appeared in the as, touring the United States. McGillis starred in a stage production of by in May 2009, co-starring with.Her stage work includes: (1982), (1985), Peccadillo (1985), (1988), (1989), (1990), (1990), (1994), (1997), (1999), Measure for Measure (1999) and The Graduate (2004). Additional roles in Love for Love, Three Sisters and.She also appeared in a production of by, which toured the in 2010. Return to film and TV. She began working in television again in 2006, then in 2007, she joined the cast of 's for its fifth season. She had a role in the 2010, directed by Jim Mickle.
She stars alongside, and. McGillis was featured in a breast cancer titled, released in 2010. She starred in 's 2011 thriller. and Tio Papi in 2013. Grand Street in 2014. in 2014, TV, (McGillis' 3rd themed film).
in 2014, Season 1, Episode 11. Blue in 2015.
An Uncommon Grace, on, (McGillis' 4th Amish themed film). Lead role in in 2017 as Rose LewisUpcoming McGillis has been cast in the lead in the biographical film Annie Cook, and also filmed in early 2017 in, and that trailer has already been released. Personal life McGillis married fellow Juilliard student Boyd Black in 1979, but the couple divorced in 1981. She married Fred Tillman in 1989, and they have two daughters. The couple divorced in 2002.In 1982, while living in NY, NY, Kelly McGillis was raped by 2 men, in her apartment. The 2 men took turns assaulting her and stabbing her, and spitting on her.
One man, Leroy Johnson, who was 15 years old, was caught and given a 3 year prison sentence. The other man, had his charges dropped when they could not tie evidence to him.McGillis as a lesbian in April 2009 during an interview with.
In 2010, McGillis entered into a with Melanie Leis, a sales executive; she and McGillis met in 2000 when Leis was a bartender at Kelly's Caribbean Bar Grill & Brewery in, which McGillis owned with her then-husband Fred Tillman. They sold the restaurant in June 2017. Leis and McGillis broke up in 2011.McGillis worked full-time with drug addicts and alcoholics at Seabrook House Drug Alcohol Rehab Center, a center in, when she and Leis shared a home in.McGillis currently lives in. She teaches acting at The New York Studio for Stage and Screen NYS3 in. June 2016 home invasion McGillis was left scratched and bruised after being reportedly assaulted by a woman who broke into her North Carolina home on June 17, 2016. She said the attack, as well as others she has experienced in the past, led her to apply for a gun permit to protect herself. Following the incident, a 38-year-old woman, Laurence Marie Dorn, was charged with second-degree burglary, misdemeanor larceny, misdemeanor stalking, assault and battery, and interfering with emergency communication.
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