{"id":83626,"date":"2026-03-12T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=83626"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:44:05","slug":"profile-of-the-day-liza-minnelli-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-liza-minnelli-2-83626.html","title":{"rendered":"Profile of the Day: Liza Minnelli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy birthday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Liza-Minnelli\/6000000000499087022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liza Minnelli<\/a>! Today she turns 80 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liza_Minnelli_1-600x350.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liza_Minnelli_1-600x350.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liza_Minnelli_1-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liza_Minnelli_1-768x448.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liza_Minnelli_1.jpeg 875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>Image: Liza Minnelli \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 12, 1946, Liza Minnelli was born in Hollywood, California to Hollywood power couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Vincente-Minnelli\/6000000001715504214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vincent Minnelli<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Judy-Garland\/6000000002098941023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Judy Garland<\/a>. Primed for stardom at birth, Minnelli was able to step out of her mother&#8217;s shadow and enjoy a highly successful career in entertainment. She&#8217;s one of the rare few to have earned the coveted EGOT, an award in each of the top four major entertainment honors: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Minnelli released her long-awaited memoir, <em>Kids, Wait Til You Hear This!<\/em>, where she reveals personal stories of her famous friends, past romances, and her complicated relationship with her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Liza Minnelli&#8217;s family tree and share how you&#8217;re related to the showbiz icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Liza-Minnelli\/6000000000499087022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">View Liza Minnelli&#8217;s Geni Profile<\/a><style type=\"text\/css\"> iframe{ border: 1px solid #999; } <\/style><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> iframe{ border: 1px solid #999; } <\/style>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/family-tree\/index\/6000000000499087022?minimal=1\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy birthday to Liza Minnelli! Today she turns 80 years old. Image: Liza Minnelli \/ Wikimedia Commons On March 12, 1946, Liza Minnelli was born in Hollywood, California to Hollywood power couple Vincent Minnelli and Judy Garland. Primed for stardom at birth, Minnelli was able to step out of her mother&#8217;s shadow and enjoy a highly successful career in entertainment. She&#8217;s one of the rare few to have earned the coveted EGOT, an award in&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-liza-minnelli-2-83626.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":112168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3861,5044,5744,4331,6039],"class_list":["post-83626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profile-of-the-day","tag-actor","tag-judy-garland","tag-liza-minnelli","tag-singer","tag-vincent-minnelli"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83626"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113345,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83626\/revisions\/113345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}