American actress and musical star Lisa Minnelli was born in the United States on February 13, 1946. Liza’s parents were known in bohemian circles: the mother of actress Judy Garland was a famous actress of musicals, Vincente Minnelli’s father was a Hollywood director.
Since childhood, the young actress rotated in acting and directorial circles, her father and mother often took her to the set. The house often hosted holidays with clowns, magicians, circus performers. There were always a lot of people around Liza.
Liza Minnelli's parents divorced when she was ten. The mother often became depressed, while complaining about life, consuming alcohol in large quantities and psychotropic substances.
Since childhood, Liza Minnelli has always been compared to her mother. Which she really didn't like. And, of course, she wanted to prove to everyone that she was her. And already at the age of fifteen she entered the New York theater school - the stage seemed to Liza a magical and comfortable place where you can forget about all the misfortunes.
In 1966, Liza Minnelli was awarded the Tony Award for playing in a musical as the best young performer, and after that the actress was showered with proposals from producers, since the name of Liza Minnelli was associated with the indispensable success of projects.
However, Liza Minnelli’s name often sounds negative. Afraid of loneliness, Lisa constantly found her company, and every night one of the men slept in her apartment, although they were not always lovers. Once the mother introduced her daughter to musician Peter Allen, who became the first husband of the actress and who then began to have an affair with her mother. The second husband of Lisa was the head of the film studio “XX century Fox” Jack Haley. In general, the actress did not hide her relationship with famous married men. The third husband of the actress was the sculptor Mark Gerot, with whom, finally, they created a normal family.
It is also known that Liza, like her mother, did not disdain alcohol, pills, and later tried cocaine during depression and could not get rid of this addiction for a long time. At one time, Liza Minnelli was treated in a clinic.
Liza Minnelli starred in such world-famous films as
"Fruitless cuckoo" For which the actress was nominated for an Oscar,
"Say you love me, June Moon" .
Cabaret In 1973, after which Lisa was finally no longer compared to her mother, New York, New York, directed by Martin Scorsese.
On account of the actress, the Oscar, four Tony Awards and many others.