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Minnelli and began
Minnelli began performing professionally at age 17, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward, for which she received the Theatre World Award.
According to liner notes in the CD reissue of the film's soundtrack, Freed and Minnelli sought input from black leaders before production began on the film.
After his tenure with Interview, Colacello began writing for Vanity Fair magazine, and has been a regular contributor since, writing extended profiles on a wide range of public personalities, including Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, Balthus, Rudolf Nureyev, Liza Minnelli, Estée Lauder, Doris Duke, and Naomi Campbell.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation, began touring with Liza Minnelli.

Minnelli and nightclub
Dozens of other cultural and popular icons got their start in the Village's nightclub, theater, and coffeehouse scene during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, notably besides Bob Dylan, there were Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bette Midler, The Lovin ' Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Eric Andersen, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Carly Simon, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and Nina Simone among others.
Already established as a nightclub singer and musical theatre actress, she first attracted critical acclaim for her dramatic performances in the movies The Sterile Cuckoo ( 1969 ), and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon ( 1970 ); Minnelli then rose to international stardom for her appearance as Sally Bowles in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
For years, Minnelli had wanted to record a collection of songs that her godmother Kay Thompson had performed in her nightclub act.
She has performed in a one-woman nightclub musical act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year, receiving praise for following Lauren Bacall in the title role, and in Victor / Victoria, having less success following Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli in the title roles.
The following year, Kander and Ebb worked with Minnelli and Martin Scorsese twice: first, in the film New York, New York, which had them write what is perhaps their best-known song, the title track ; and, again in The Act, a musical about a fictional nightclub act.
For decades, the hotel's famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub hosted well-known entertainers, such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Liza Minnelli, Martin and Lewis, The Supremes, Merv Griffin, Dorothy Dandridge, Vikki Carr, Evelyn Knight, Vivian Vance, Dick Haymes, Sergio Franchi, Perry Como, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Sammy Davis Jr., Little Richard, Liberace, Natalie Cole, and Richard Pryor.
* Liza Minnelli recreated Thompson's nightclub act for her 2009 Tony Award-winning Broadway event, Liza's at the Palace.

Minnelli and singer
* March 12 – Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
Hawn's popularity continued into the 1980s, starting with another primetime variety special alongside actress and singer Liza Minnelli, Goldie and Liza Together ( 1980 ), which was nominated for four primetime Emmys.
Liza May Minnelli ( born March 12, 1946 ) is an American actress and singer, often referred to as The Queen of Broadway and / or Hollywood.
She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.
She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft, and the half-sister of singer and actress Liza Minnelli.
Their one child together, Liza Minnelli, grew up to become an Academy Award-winning singer and actress.
* Liza Minnelli, actress and singer
While there Jimmy Doyle ( Robert De Niro ), a selfish and smooth-talking saxophone player, meets Francine Evans ( Liza Minnelli ), a small-time singer.
Supported by a quartet of dynamic singer / dancers standing in for the original Williams Brothers, Minnelli performed songs ( with the original vocal arrangements ) from Thompson's famous act, including " I Love a Violin ", " Clap Yo ' Hands ", " Jubilee Time ", and " Hello Hello ".
" It is unknown whether this name was given by the author, by the director, or by Jim Carrey ( the actor portraying Count Olaf ) as an improvised reference to singer / actress Liza Minnelli.
It was written to showcase the talents of Kander and Ebb favorite Liza Minnelli, who portrayed Michelle Craig, a fading film star attempting a comeback as a Las Vegas singer.

Minnelli and making
At age 44, she married husband number seven sooner than any other actress, sooner than Zsa Zsa Gabor ( who was 63 ), Liza Minnelli ( 59 ) and Lana Turner ( 49 ), making her the youngest " most married " Hollywood celebrity.

Minnelli and her
While film projects such as Lucky Lady, A Matter of Time and New York, New York were less favorably received than her stage roles, Minnelli became one of the most versatile, highly regarded and best-selling entertainers in television, beginning with Liza with a Z in 1972, and on stage in the Broadway productions of Flora the Red Menace, The Act and The Rink.
She also has another half-sister, Christiane Nina Minnelli ( nicknamed Tina Nina ), from her father's second marriage.
The next year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium.
From 1968 up to the 1970s, she also recorded more contemporary material according to classic pop songs with her albums Liza Minnelli ( 1968 ), Come Saturday Morning and New Feelin ' ( both 1970 ) from A & M Records.
Minnelli was nominated in 2009 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her studio recording Liza's at the Palace ...!, based on her hit Broadway show.
Liza Minnelli in her 1972 concert special Liza with a ' Z.
In 1972, Minnelli appeared in perhaps her best-known film role, as Sally Bowles in the movie version of Cabaret.
Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance, along with a Golden Globe Award.
Minnelli worked with her father in the 1976 A Matter of Time, costarring Ingrid Bergman.
Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, New York, New York however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song.
After her performance as leading woman to Dudley Moore in 1981's hit film Arthur, Minnelli made fewer film appearances although she returned to the big screen in 1988 for Arthur 2: On the Rocks and in 1991 for Stepping Out, a musical dramedy.
The reviews noted that while her voice was ragged at times, and her movements no longer elastic, the old magic was still very much present — from first to last, Minnelli had audiences cheering and applauding and begging for more.
Minnelli has no children ; one pregnancy left her with a hiatal hernia as a result of the medical steps taken to try to save the baby.
Minnelli has, throughout her lifetime, served various charities and causes which she considers very important.
Nowadays, Liza Minnelli tends to open her concerts with the song.
The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland, on the set, and later married her.
Some of Susana's guests on her television program included Justin Bieber, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, William Shatner, Valeria Mazza, Verónica Castro, Paulina Rubio, Chayanne, Cristina, Diego Maradona, Ricky Martin, Alanis Morissette, Luis Miguel, Diego Torres, Liza Minnelli, Fran Drescher, Woody Allen, Sophia Loren, Grecia Colmenares, Benicio del Toro, Thalía, Robbie Williams, Julio Iglesias, Alejandro Sanz, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Viggo Mortensen, Xuxa, The Bee Gees, Lily Allen, Katherine Jenkins, Emma Shapplin, Carlos Tevez among many other national and international superstars.

Minnelli and professional
Artists who performed at the Peppermint Lounge include The Beach Boys, the Ronettes ( who made their professional debut here in 1961 ), the Crystals, The Isley Brothers, Chubby Checker, Liza Minnelli, and The Four Seasons.

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