She starred in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) before achieving her greatest screen success in Cabaret (1972). The following year, for her performance in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), she received her first Oscar nomination (for best actress). She rejected initial overtures to act in movies but finally accepted a small role as Albert Finney’s secretary in Charlie Bubbles (1968). Like her mother, she drew a strong audience response, and her own comfort with the concert stage was equally clear. Within two months of the closing of Flora, Minnelli began her first solo tour. Her association with Kander and Ebb had begun in 1964, when she was preparing to make her first recording, and the duo would supply Minnelli with all of her best-known arrangements and special material for the next 40 years. The show ran for only 87 performances, but Minnelli’s performance won her a Tony Award for best actress in a musical, and she remained the youngest winner of this award into the 21st century. In 1965, at age 19, Minnelli starred as the title character in Flora, the Red Menace, the first musical by the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Her success in that role brought her appearances on a number of television shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show, and brought her to the attention of a wider public.Īre you a princess of Pop? The king of Culture? See if you’re an entertainment expert by answering these questions. Initially she set her sights on a career as an ice-skater, but in 1963 she won a supporting role in the Off-Broadway revival of the 1941 musical Best Foot Forward. Minnelli was the daughter of film director Vincente Minnelli and iconic entertainer Judy Garland.
Liza Minnelli, in full Liza May Minnelli, (born March 12, 1946, Hollywood, California, U.S.), American actress and singer perhaps best known for her role as Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse’s classic musical film Cabaret (1972). Though the show ran for only 87 performances, Minnelli won a Tony Award for best actress in a musical, and she remained the youngest winner of this award into the 21st century. Liza Minnelli was only 19 years old when she starred as the title character in Flora, the Red Menace, the first musical by the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb.
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