Liza Minnelli — Movies, Bio, Popularity, Filmography & Fame Trend

Summary

Updated 2026-06-09

She won the Oscar for Cabaret, toured stadiums with Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., and made "New York, New York" a signature anthem — all while carrying the weight of being Judy Garland's daughter. A commanding alto and stage presence that earned her the EGOT, minus the competitive Grammy.

Biography

About

Born March 12, 1946, to Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, she moved to New York in 1961 and started as a nightclub performer and musical theater actress. Her Off-Broadway debut came in Best Foot Forward in 1963, followed by a Tony win for Flora the Red Menace in 1965. The Sterile Cuckoo earned her a Best Actress nomination in 1969, but it was playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret in 1972 that brought the Oscar and international fame. She took another Tony for The Act in 1978, kept turning out Golden Globe–nominated film roles, and headlined Carnegie Hall and Radio City through the late '8…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

said2009

Some people think reality must be constantly depressing, but I think reality is something you rise above.

— Interview with Rona Barrett. Quoted by Emanuel Levy in Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer (2009)

Liza Minnelli

said26 Oct 2007

You don’t know how to handle anything today, because you have to go to jail to get some press or fall down drunk.

— October 26, 2007. The Washington Blade.

Liza Minnelli

said6 Oct 2007

They used to have clauses and contracts where you can't get bad publicity or you'd get fired. But now bad publicity is good publicity.

— October 6, 2007 St. Petersburg Times by Shannon Breen.

Liza Minnelli

said6 Oct 2007

If I give you romantic advice, don't take it. Look what's happening to me. I have the best taste in friends and the worst taste in husbands. I'm never getting married again.

— October 6, 2007 St. Petersburg Times by Shannon Breen.ď

Liza Minnelli

said1 Nov 1981