LIZA Minnelli is the daughter of Wizard of Oz legend Judy Garland, but her father was equally legendary in Hollywood’s golden age. Vincente Minnelli was an award-winning director of many musical films, as well as the director of many comedies and melodramas. Who is Liza Minnelli’s father? Known best as an Academy Award-winning director for […]
LIZA Minnelli is the daughter of Wizard of Oz legend Judy Garland, but her father was equally legendary in Hollywood’s golden age.
Vincente Minnelli was an award-winning director of many musical films, as well as the director of many comedies and melodramas.
Known best as an Academy Award-winning director for his musical films, Liza Minnelli’s father, Vincente was known for his beautiful sets and attention to aesthetics.
He once told Richard Schickel, author of The Men Who Made the Movies, that he made decadent and extravagant films for other people to get a “little magic” in their lives.
His most famous works include: Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, The Band Wagon, and Gigi. An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for Gigi.
This makes for an Oscar-winning family, as he and Judy Garland both received Academy Awards, and so did their daughter Liza Minnelli for her role in Cabaret.
Liza Minnelli was born to famous parents, but she made a name for herself as an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) award-winning performer.
She won her Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Cabaret in 1972. and she won her Emmy award for Outstanding Variety Show for her show Liza with a Z.
She also won three Tony Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Flora the Red Menace and The Act and Liza’s at the Palace.
In 1990, she was honored with a Grammy as, the Grammy Legend Award.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Minnelli is worth $50million.
Her wealth is predominantly self-made, with her career spanning nearly eight decades and virtually every genre of fame.
Her mother’s net worth was $40k at the time of her death, and her father left her $1.1million at the time of his death.
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