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Liza Minnelli est une Actrice Américaine née le 12 mars 1946 à Hollywood (Etats-Unis)

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Nom de naissance Liza May Minnelli
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 12 mars 1946 (78 ans) à Hollywood (Etats-Unis)
Récompenses Officier de la Légion d'honneur, Oscar de la meilleure actrice, Primetime Emmy Award

Liza May Minnelli, née le 12 mars 1946 à Los Angeles (Californie), est une actrice, chanteuse et danseuse américaine.

Elle est la fille de l'actrice et chanteuse Judy Garland et du deuxième époux de celle-ci, le réalisateur Vincente Minnelli. D'après Fred Astaire dans Il était une fois Hollywood (That's Entertainment!) : « Si Hollywood était une monarchie, Liza serait notre princesse héritière. »

Liza Minnelli est principalement connue pour ses rôles de premier plan dans les films musicaux Cabaret en 1972 et New York, New York (aux côtés de Robert De Niro) en 1977 et de son interprétation de leurs thèmes titres. Elle obtient d'ailleurs un oscar pour son rôle dans Cabaret, et reste à ce jour la seule personne récompensée par l'académie dont les deux parents ont également reçu un oscar.

Biographie

Minnelli speaks fluent French.

Minnelli has long suffered from alcoholism, and has been addicted to prescription drugs, originating from a Valium prescription after her mother's death. Minnelli left her 1984 musical The Rink to enter the Betty Ford Clinic. Her use of recreational drugs in the 1970s was noted by Andy Warhol, who in a 1978 diary entry recalled Minnelli arriving at Halston's house and imploring the host to "Give me every drug you've got." Along with Warhol and Bianca Jagger, Minnelli made frequent appearances at New York City nightclubs during the late 1970s.

Marriages
Minnelli has been married (and divorced) four times.

Her first marriage was to entertainer Peter Allen on March 3, 1967. Australian-born Allen was Judy Garland's protégé in the mid-1960s. They divorced on July 24, 1974. Minnelli told The Advocate's Editor In Chief, Judy Wieder in September 1996, "I married Peter and he didn't tell me he was gay. Everyone knew but me. And I found out...well, let me put it this way: I'll never surprise anybody coming home as long as I live. I call first!"

Later that year, she married Jack Haley, Jr., a producer and director, on September 15, 1974. His father, Jack Haley, was Garland's co-star in The Wizard of Oz. They divorced in April 1979.

Then, Minnelli was married to Mark Gero, a sculptor and stage manager, from December 4, 1979 until their divorce in January 1992.

After that she was married to David Gest, a concert promoter, from March 16, 2002, until they divorced in April 2007. (They separated in July 2003). In a 2003 lawsuit, Gest alleged that Minnelli beat him in alcohol induced rages during their marriage. Minnelli's attorneys said Gest tried to isolate the singer from her three siblings - Christiane Minnelli, Lorna and Joey Luft.

Minnelli also had relationships with Rock Brynner, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Peter Sellers, and Martin Scorsese.

Minnelli has no children; one pregnancy left her with a hiatal hernia as a result of the medical steps taken to try to save the baby.

Philanthropy
Minnelli has, throughout her lifetime, served various charities and causes which she considers very important. She served on the board of directors of The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) for 20 years, a nonprofit educational organization that introduces parents to the field of child brain development. In a 2006 interview with Randy Rice at Broadwayworld.com Minnelli said that she was the person who told Elizabeth Taylor about HIV/AIDS while talking about their mutual friend, Rock Hudson. She has also dedicated much time to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, which was co-founded by Taylor. In 2007, she stated in an interview with Palm Springs Life magazine, “AmfAR is important to me because I’ve lost so many friends that I knew [to AIDS]”. In 1994, she recorded the Kander & Ebb tune "The Day After That" and donated the proceeds to AIDS research. That same year she performed the song in front of thousands in Central Park at the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.