Movies The evolution of Liza Minnelli By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Updated on August 30, 2022 08:15AM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 44 Liza Minnelli through the years Born in Hollywood on March 12, 1946, Liza Minnelli is Hollywood royalty, as she's the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli. Pictured here in 1965, she kicked off her own acting career in her teens, going on to earn an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and multiple Tonys over the following decades. In honor of Minnelli's legacy, see photos of her through the years, ahead. 02 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland on May 16, 1946 Toronto Star Archives/Toronto Star via Getty Images 03 of 44 Liza Minnelli on May 28, 1947 Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 04 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland on the set of Words and Music in 1948 Hulton Archive/Getty Images 05 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Bozo the Clown in Hollywood on Dec. 31, 1948 Hulton Archive/Getty Images 06 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland in Hollywood in 1949 Archive Photos/Getty Images 07 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli in Hollywood KM Archive/Getty Images 08 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Lorna Luft in New York on Oct. 27, 1956 CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images 09 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Gene Kelly on The Gene Kelly Show in April 24, 1959 CBS Photo Archive/Getty Imges 10 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland in London in 1962 11 of 44 Liza Minnelli on March 11, 1963 William N. Jacobellis /NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images 12 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show in Los Angeles on July 16, 1963 CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images 13 of 44 Liza Minnelli celebrating her 18th birthday with David Daniels in New York City on March 13, 1964 14 of 44 Liza Minnelli on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 24, 1964 15 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on May 11, 1965 Hyman Rothman/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images 16 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Peter Allen at their wedding on March 3, 1967 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 17 of 44 Liza Minnelli in the late-1960s Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 18 of 44 Liza Minnelli on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City in the early-1970s CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images 19 of 44 Liza Minnelli in Cabaret in 1972 20 of 44 Liza Minnelli in 1972 21 of 44 Liza Minnelli at a gala held by the British Olympic Appeal Fund at the London Palladium on May 22, 1972 22 of 44 Liza Minnelli at the 45th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 26, 1973 23 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Sammy Davis Jr. on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on Aug. 30, 1974 Fred A. Sabine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 24 of 44 Liza Minnelli in New York City circa 1975 Terry O'Neill/Getty Images 25 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Mark Gero in New York City on Dec. 4, 1979 26 of 44 Liza Minnelli in New York City in 1980 27 of 44 Liza Minnelli in Los Angeles in 1983 28 of 44 Liza Minnelli in London on March 18, 1986 29 of 44 Liza Minnelli circa 1990 30 of 44 Liza Minnelli in 1990 Terry O'Neill/Getty Images 31 of 44 Liza Minnelli performing "Stepping Out" at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 22, 1991 Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images 32 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Tony Bennett filming The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago on Dec. 12, 1992 33 of 44 Liza Minnelli on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on June 6, 1995 Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 34 of 44 Liza Minnelli performing in Paris in 2000 Francis Apesteguy/Getty Images 35 of 44 Liza Minnelli with David Gest at the House of Blues in West Hollywood on July 25, 2002 eff Kravitz/FilmMagic 36 of 44 Liza Minnelli at VH1 Big in '03 on Nov. 30, 2003 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic 37 of 44 Liza Minnelli in London on Dec. 14, 2004 Jon Furniss/WireImage 38 of 44 Liza Minnelli on April 30, 2005 M. Caulfield/WireImage 39 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Barbra Streisand at the memorial for Marvin Hamlisch in New York City on Sept. 18, 2012 Kevin Mazur/WireImage 40 of 44 Liza Minnelli with Joan Rivers on Broadway in New York City on Oct. 23, 2012 Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic 41 of 44 Liza Minnelli at the 86th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 2, 2014 Gregg DeGuire/WireImage 42 of 44 Liza Minnelli on The Today Show on March 12, 2014 Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images 43 of 44 Liza Minnelli in Hollywood on Feb. 20, 2015 Venturelli/Getty Images 44 of 44 Liza Minnelli and Lady Gaga present Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli present Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images