Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Tony Awards. She is one of the few performers awarded a non-competitive EGOT having received an honorary Grammy Award.
In the 1960s, Minnelli transformed from “Judy Garland’s daughter” into a Broadway powerhouse and Academy Award-nominated actress. She moved to New York City in 1961 and quickly established herself as a versatile performer across musical theatre, nightclubs, and television.
She began her professional career at 17 in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of Best Foot Forward, winning a Theatre World Award. At just 19 years old, she became the youngest person ever to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her lead role in Flora the Red Menace (1965). This show also marked the beginning of her career-long collaboration with Kander and Ebb. Toward the end of the decade, she achieved critical acclaim for her dramatic performance as Pookie Adams in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), earning her first Academy Award nomination.
Minnelli made frequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and recorded several albums with Capitol Records and A&M Records, including Liza! Liza! (1964) and There Is a Time (1966).
During this era, her look was youthful and mod, a far cry from the heavily sequined, dramatic image she'd become famous for in the 1970s with Cabaret.
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