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Also Known As Lester Anthony Minnelli
Born February 28, 1903 • Chicago • Illinois
Died July 25, 1986 (aged 83) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1959)
Notable Works “A Matter of Time” • “An American in Paris” • “At Home Abroad” • “Brigadoon” • “Father of the Bride” • “Gigi” • “Goodbye Charlie” • “Lust for Life” • “Meet Me in St. Louis” • “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” • “Some Came Running” • “The Bad and the Beautiful” • “The Band Wagon” • “The Clock” • “The Pirate”
Notable Family Members spouse Judy Garland • daughter Liza Minnelli

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Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Lena Horne and Eddie (“Rochester”) Anderson in Cabin in the Sky
Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis
Oscar Levant and Gene Kelly in An American in Paris
Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner in The Bad and the Beautiful
Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon
Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown, and Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life
Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck in Designing Woman
Leslie Caron
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Bob Fosse
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Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
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Rouben Mamoulian.
Rouben Mamoulian
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Annie Get Your Gun
George Sidney
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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
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Bette Midler
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Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
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Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
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Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
American actor
Melvin Van Peebles
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Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
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Mary Martin.
Mary Martin
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Ethel Merman performing in Annie Get Your Gun, New York City, 1946.
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