Life Of Liza

Liza Minnelli is joined by Yossi Dina (who has been dubbed "pawnbroker to the stars" at the Entertainment Today Web site) as she arrives for a grand opening concert gala at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2003.

Bride-to-be Liza, who had just turned 56, shows her engagement ring to photographers following her wedding rehearsal March 15, 2002, in New York. She wed producer David Gest the following day.

Liza arrives at Marble Collegiate Church in New York for her wedding March 16, 2002. At right is actress Marisa Berenson, who was among Liza's bridal attendants. Elizabeth Taylor was matron of honor.

David Gest and Liza leave the Marble Collegiate Church after their wedding. Guests at Liza's fourth wedding said she danced at the altar.

Liza turns and gives a smile to all her admirers as she arrives at her wedding reception at the Regent Wall Street Hotel in New York, March 16, 2002.

Less than a month after her wedding, on April 2, 2002, Liza was performing on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Liza glances at her husband as they are interviewed about their marriage and their new weekly musical reality series, "Liza And David," in Los Angeles, July 25, 2002. The series never made it to the air.

Liza kisses her husband as they arrive at the Dorchester Hotel in London for his 50th birthday party May 9, 2003. The couple became estranged that year. David Gest also accused Minnelli of assault in a $10 million lawsuit against her. Minnelli is suing Gest for allegedly stealing $2 million from her, and both are suing each other for divorce.

Liza mimes a dance step as she walks with crutches after leaving Bologna's Orthopedics Hospital Rizzoli, northern Italy, June 4, 2003. Liza broke her right kneecap May 25 when she tripped over a step at a hotel. She was in Italy to take part in the yearly charity concert, "Pavarotti & Friends," organized by Luciano Pavarotti.

For Liza, the limelight hit early. Here, Judy Garland rehearses a scene with her daughter, 2, in Hollywood Dec. 3, 1948. The toddler appeared in the movie "In the Good Old Summertime," starring her mother and directed by her father, Vincente Minnelli.

Garland greets her son, Joseph Luft, 9, and daughter, Lorna Luft, 12, after they arrive from California at New York's Kennedy International Airport, Dec. 29, 1964. Liza, 18, is at left.

The following June, Liza won the Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical "Flora, the Red Menace." On awards night, June 13, 1965, she posed with her fellow winners, from left, Walter Matthau, best dramatic actor, "The Odd Couple"; Irene Worth, best dramatic actress, "Tiny Alice"; Liza, and Zero Mostel, best musical actor, "Fiddler on the Roof."

Liza's first husband was entertainer Peter Allen. Here, they smile as they wait in a limousine following their wedding in New York on March 3, 1967. (Their relationship is depicted in the new Broadway musical, "The Boy from Oz," which opened Oct. 16, 2003.)

By March 27, 1973, Liza was going to the Oscars with fiance Desi Arnaz Jr. and her father, Vincente Minnelli. That year, she won the Academy Award for her lead performance in "Cabaret."

But the following year, on Sept. 15, 1974, Liza married producer Jack Haley Jr. at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, Calif. Haley's father played the Tinman in the movie classic "The Wizard of Oz," which starred Minnelli's mother.

In 1977, Liza was starring on Broadway again. Here, she is shown at Tavern on the Green in New York's Central Park following the opening of her musical "The Act," Oct. 29, 1977.

During the '70s disco era, Liza was a regular at the legendary night spot Studio 54. Here, she is seen having fun on the dance floor in 1978.

Liza married for the third time on Dec. 4, 1979, when she was 33. Here, she and bridegroom Mark Gero, a sculptor, are showered with rice as they leave St. Batholomew's Church in New York City.

In 1987, Liza stepped in when Dean Martin dropped out of the "Rat Pack Reunion" tour with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Among other venues, Liza and Sinatra sang together at the Brendan Byrne Arena (later renamed the Continental Airlines Arena) in East Rutherford, N.J.

It was back to Broadway for Liza in 1997 when she took the place of Julie Andrews for one month (January) in the musical "Victor Victoria." Andrews said she was taking the time off for a good rest.