Dorothy Malone

. Minnelli countersued and accused him of breach of contract. Malone was married and divorced three times and has two daughters from her first marriage. Soumayah wants $50 million from Minnelli for her "intentional assault and battery," another $50 million for sexual harassment and $89,000 in back wages. Her last notable screen appearance was as a mother convicted of murdering her family in Basic Instinct (1992), with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. Her former bodyguard and chauffeur, M'hammed Soumayah, said that "without his consent," he was forced to have sexual relations with Minnelli. Malone became a household name when she accepted the lead role of Constance MacKenzie Carson on the ABC primetime serial Peyton Place, on which she starred from 1964 through 1968. Minnelli has denied beating Gest and counter-sued, claiming he cheated her out of more than $2 million.

As a result, she was offered meatier roles in better films, including Man of a Thousand Faces (with James Cagney), Tarnished Angels (again with Hudson and Stack, again directed by Sirk), and The Last Voyage (with Stack). David Gest, Minnelli's 4th husband, is currently sueing her for $10 million, accusing her of beating him during drunken rages. Her portrayal of the dipso-nymphomaniac daughter of a Texas oil baron won her the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. David Gest sued Minnelli, accusing her of abuse. In 1956, Malone dyed her hair blonde to co-star with Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Stack in director Douglas Sirk's melodrama, Written on the Wind. Note: Minnelli and Gest announced to the press in late 2002 that they would be adopting a three-year-old girl, to be named Serena Gest. Much of her early career was spent in supporting roles in Grade-B Westerns, although on occasion she had the opportunity to play small but memorable roles, such as that of the young, brainy, lusty, bespectacled bookstore clerk in The Big Sleep, with Humphrey Bogart, in 1946. The couple announced their separation on July 25, 2003.

She was born as Dorothy Eloise Maloney on January 30, 1925. 4 David Gest (March 16, 2002 - present), a concert promoter. Dorothy Malone is an American actress. 3 Mark Gero (December 4, 1979 - 1992), a sculptor and stage manager. His father, Jack Haley, was Judy Garland's co-star in The Wizard of Oz.. 2 Jack Haley Jr, (September 15, 1974 - 1979), a producer and director.

Allen, who died of complications from AIDS in 1992, was Judy Garland's protegé in the mid 1960s. 1 Peter Allen (real name Peter Allen Woolnough) (March 3, 1967 - 1972). Her husbands have been:. Like her mother, Minnelli has had several failed marriages (she has been linked romantically to director Martin Scorsese, actor Peter Sellers, pianist Billy Stritch, and actor Desi Arnaz Jr).

Liza has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. Most recently she has appeared as a recurring character on the television program Arrested Development. Minnelli has the distinction of being the only Academy Award winner whose parents are both Academy Award winners. In 1972, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Cabaret.

The movie version garnered her her first Academy Award nomination. She returned to Broadway at nineteen, and won a Tony Award for The Sterile Cuckoo. The audience loved her, and her musical career was born. The next year, her mother invited her to perform with her in London at the London Palladium.

Liza started performing at the age of sixteen, in 1963, on Broadway, in the play Best Foot Forward, for which she received good notices. She was 14 months old. Liza Minnelli's first film appearance was in the 1949 released film In the Good Old Summertime, which starred her mother. She was born Liza May Minnelli in Los Angeles, California, as the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and her second husband, film director Vincente Minnelli.

Liza Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. In the Good Old Summertime. The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. Charlie Bubbles.

The Sterile Cuckoo. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. Cabaret. Liza with A Z.

That's Entertainment. Lucky Lady. Silent Movie. New York, New York.

Arthur. The King of Comedy. The Muppets Take Manhattan. Faerie Tale Theatre, The Princess and the Pea.

A Time to Live. Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Sam Found Out, A Triple Play. Arthur 2, On the Rocks.

Rent-a-Cop. Stepping Out. Parallel Lives. The West Side Waltz.