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as it’s about the iconic roles that made her famous in the first place. Garland and Minnelli actually performed together at the Palladium in London in 1964. An album from the performance, Live at the London Palladium, was released in the summer of 1965. In the liner notes for the album’s 50th anniversary, Liza remembered the evening very fondly. She said getting to perform with her mother was an amazing experience, adding, “She was one of the most generous performers — ask anybody she worked with. She always gave, never took.
Ultimately, Liza Minnelli has gone on to have an incredible career of her own. She won an Ecuador Phone Number List Academy Award for Best Actress for Bob Fosse’s 1972 film Cabaret, and she’s won countless other awards across show business too — a Primetime Emmy and a Tony among them. Liza Minnelli (left) and Judy Garland in 1965. Photo Courtesy: Regan/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAnd yet, a piece of Minnelli’s fame will always be the fact that she’s the daughter of Judy Garland, a star who died far too young.
Liza suggested in an interview in Variety a couple of years ago that in spite of everything, her childhood was often less bizarre than you might think, saying, “My parents were my parents. I didn’t know that I had to dodge questions about Mama until people started asking me questions.”And yet Liza had her own emotional struggles in show business too. She’s done multiple stints in rehab for alcohol and drugs, and has spoken openly about those experiences. Despite these struggles, her memories of her mother are mostly .
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