Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour. Daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, Minnelli was born in Los Angeles, spent part of her childhood in Scarsdale, New York, and moved to New York City in 1961 where she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer, and traditional pop music artist. She made her professional stage debut in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of Best Foot Forward and received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for starring in Flora the Red Menace in 1965, which marked the start of her lifelong collaboration with John Kander and Fred Ebb. They wrote, produced or directed many of Minnelli's future stage acts and television series and helped create her stage persona of a stylized survivor, including her career-defining performances of anthems of survival ("New York, New York", "Cabaret", and "Maybe This Time"). Along with her roles on stage and screen, this persona and her style of performance contributed to Minnelli's status as an enduring gay icon. An acclaimed performance in the drama film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) marked a film breakthrough for Minnelli and brought her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later received the award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the musical film Cabaret (1972), which brought her to international prominence. Most of her following films, including Lucky Lady (1975), New York, New York (1977), Rent-a-Cop (1988), and Stepping Out (1991), were not as successful, aside from the major box office hit and critically lauded Arthur (1981) which starred Minnelli. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Lucky Lady, New York, New York and Arthur. She returned to Broadway on a number of occasions, including The Act (1977), for which she received her second Tony Award, as well as The Rink (1984) and Liza's at The Palace.... (2008). Minnelli has also worked on various television formats and has predominantly focused on music hall and nightclub performances since the late 1970s. Her concert performances at Carnegie Hall in 1979 and 1987 and at Radio City Music Hall in 1991 and 1992 are recognized among her most successful. From 1988 to 1990, she toured with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event.

Filmography

• Smash — Liza Minnelli
• Drop Dead Diva — Lily Wells
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's — (archive footage)
• Rosie Live
• 2006The Oh in Ohio — Alyssa Donahue
• Arrested Development — Lucille Austero
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Beth Harner
• 1999Jackie's Back! — Liza Minnelli
• Kokkino Veloudo — Guest
• 1995The West Side Waltz — Cara Varnum
• 1994Parallel Lives — Stevie Merrill
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1991Stepping Out — Mavis Turner
• 1990Liza Minnelli: Visible Results
• 1988Arthur 2: On the Rocks — Linda Marolla Bach
• 1988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play — Three Characters
• 1987Rent-a-Cop — Della Roberts
• 1985A Time to Live — Mary-Lou Weisman
• 1984Salute to Lady Liberty
• 1984The Princess and the Pea — Princess Alecia
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Princess Alecia
• 1982The King of Comedy — Liza Minnelli
• 1981Arthur — Linda Marolla
• The South Bank Show
• 1977New York, New York — Francine Evans
• 1976A Matter of Time — Nina
• 1976Silent Movie — Liza Minnelli
• 1975Lucky Lady — Claire
• 1972Cabaret — Sally Bowles
• 1972Journey Back to Oz — Dorothy (voice)
• 1970Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon — Junie Moon
• 1969The Sterile Cuckoo — Pookie Adams
• 1968Charlie Bubbles — Eliza
• 1965The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood — Little Red Riding Hood
• 1949In the Good Old Summertime — Veronica and Andrew's Daughter (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (155)

• 2025Diane Warren: Relentless — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Liza Minnelli, la dernière héritière d'Hollywood — Self
• 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self
• 2024BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Deneuve, la reine Catherine — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Freddie Mercury: The Final Act — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• When Ruby Wax Met... — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Halston — Self
• 2019Sid & Judy — Self (archive footage)
• 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Studio 54 — Self (archive footage)
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do — Self (archive footage)
• 2014And the Oscar Goes To... — Self - Interviewee
• 2013Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals — Self
• 2011Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2011Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston — Self
• 2010Sex and the City 2 — Self
• 2009Annul Victory — Self
• 2009Dzi Croquettes — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression — Self
• 2009Kay Thompson: Think Pink! — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Liza Minnelli: Liza's at The Palace — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Special Honoree
• 2009The Real Cabaret — Self
• 2009VH1 Divas 2009 — Self
• 2008Chris & Don: A Love Story — Self
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — Self
• 2007AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition — Self
• 2007Portrait of a Choreographer — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
• 2007The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest — Self
• 2006Best Ever Muppet Moments — Self
• 2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' — Self
• Hape trifft! — Self
• 2005Judy Garland Duets — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The 'New York, New York' Stories — Self (archive footage)
• 2004A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli — Self
• 2004Judy Garland: By Myself — Self (archive footage)
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel — Self
• 2003101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Christmas from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Jack Paar: Smart Television — Self
• Menschen bei Maischberger — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Sharon Osbourne Show — Self - Guest
• 2002New York at the Movies — Self
• 2002Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary — Self
• Through the Night with... — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• Star Academy — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• 1999My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies — Self - Performer
• 1998Cabaret: A Legend in the Making — Self / Self - Sally Bowles
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• 1997The Haunted History of Halloween — Self
• 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle — Self (archive footage)
• The View — Self
• 1996Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child — Self
• Ruby Wax Meets — Self - Guest
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• 1995Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz — Self
• 1995Queen: Champions of the World — Self
• 1995Unzipped — Self
• 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
• 1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl — Self
• 1994Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic — Self (voice)
• 1994Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest — Self
• 1992Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall — Self
• 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica — Self
• 1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall — Self
• 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert — Self
• 1991Aznavour and Minnelli — Self
• 1991The Fred Astaire Songbook — Self
• 1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic — Self
• 1989Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event — Self
• 1989Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief — Self
• 1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man — Self
• 1988Movies Are My Life — Self
• This Morning — Self
• 40° à l'ombre — Self
• Going Live! — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• 1987Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Seitenblicke — self
• The Dame Edna Experience — Self
• 1986Liza in London — Self
• 1985Judy Garland: The Concert Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1985That's Dancing! — Self - Host
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• 1984The Muppets Take Manhattan — Self
• 1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team — Self - Performer
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 1982Liza Minnelli - Silvester-Gala 1982 live aus Bad Gastein — Self - Performer
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• De TV Show — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• 1980An Evening with Liza Minnelli — Self
• 1980Baryshnikov on Broadway — Self
• 1980Goldie and Liza Together — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• 1976A Tradition of Romance — Self
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• Numéro un — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• 1974That's Entertainment! — Self - Host / Narrator
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• The Men Who Made the Movies — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• 1972Liza with a "Z" — Self
• 1972The Recreation of an Era — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Pearl Bailey Show — Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self
• Night-Club — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest
• 1967Woody Allen Looks at 1967 — Self
• Hullabaloo — Self
• 1964Judy and Liza at the Palladium — Self
• The Hollywood Palace — Self
• The Danny Kaye Show — Self
• 1963The Judy Garland Christmas Show — Self
• The Judy Garland Show — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host, Self - Co-Hostess
• 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
• Kraft Music Hall — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
• The Songwriters: An Evening with John Kander and Fred Ebb — Self