Minnelli

/ mɪˈnɛlɪ /

noun

1. Liza (ˈlaɪzə). born 1946, US actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland. Her films include Charlie Bubbles (1968), Cabaret (1972), Arthur (1981), and Stepping Out (1991)

Example Sentences

The camera zooms outward with the Emcee from the mirror into a bustling cabaret scene featuring sexually subversive drag performers in classic Fosse garb of bustiers, bowler hats, fishnet stockings, curlicue canes and heels on heels on heels, not to mention Liza Minnelli in an Oscar-winning turn as “international woman”/flapper seductress Sally Bowles.

From Salon

Then in 1961, 16 years after the Third Reich was batted back to the darkest corners of our world, gay icon Judy Garland herself — the mother of Liza Minnelli — traveled to Berlin for the premiere of “Judgment at Nuremberg,” a film about the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in which she had a featured role.

From Salon

He positions Minnelli’s hard-fought stardom emerging from under her mother’s rainbow-shaped shadow as a collaboration with many caring mentors — adoring champions and friends who saw gifts too real to be denied.

From Los Angeles Times

Minnelli was the perfect talent for a vulnerable new age, projecting strength and fragility equally with those gams, eyelashes and belted feelings.

From Los Angeles Times

"Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last summer and is currently playing in select theaters, offers an intimate look at the ups and downs of Liza Minnelli's iconic career and how, in her eyes, she didn't quite have it all — despite all her many successes.

From Salon