Liza Minnelli

Minnelli in 2012, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Liza May Minnelli

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: March 12, 1946

Ethnicity: English, French-Canadian, Irish, Scottish, one eighth Italian/Sicilian

Liza Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Cabaret (1972).

She is the daughter of director Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli) and actress/singer Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm). Her maternal half-sister is actress and singer Lorna Luft.

Liza’s father had French-Canadian, one quarter Italian Sicilian, English, and Scottish, ancestry. Liza’s mother was of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

Liza’s paternal grandfather was Vincent/Vincente Charles Minnelli (the son of Vincenzo/Vincenze “Vincent” Minnelli and Nina/Maria P. Picket/Pickett). Liza’s grandfather Vincent was born in Ohio. Liza’s great-grandfather Vincenzo was Italian, from Sicily. Nina was born in Ohio or Kentucky, the daughter of Albert Pickett and Anna Eliza Resser/Resnor.

Liza’s paternal grandmother was Mina Mary/Marie-Émilie Odile/Odie Lalouette/LaLouche dit LeBeau (the daughter of Flavien/Flavin Charles Lalouette dit LeBeau and Emilie/Emelia Carolina “May”/Emma Cadieux). Mina was born in Illinois. Flavien was French-Canadian, born in Québec, the son of Narcisse Lalouette dit LeBeau and Catherine Charlebois. Liza’s great-grandmother Emilie was born on Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Michigan, the daughter of Jean Felix Cadieux and Carolina/Caroline McColleck/McCulloch.

Liza’s maternal grandfather was Francis Avent “Frank” Gumm (the son of William Tecumseh Gumm and Elizabeth Clementine W. “Clemmie” Baugh). Francis was born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee. William was born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, the son of John Alexander Gum/Gumm and Martha Wade and Martha Wade. Liza’s great-grandmother Clementine was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, the daughter of John Aldridge Baugh and Mary Ann Marable, whose paternal grandfather was a minister.

Liza’s maternal grandmother was Ethel Marian/Marion Milne (the daughter of John B. Milne and Evelyn Marion “Eva” Fitzpatrick). Ethel was born in Michigamme, Marquette, Michigan. John was born in Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, to Scottish parents, Charles Milne, from Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; and Mary Kelso, from Troon, South Ayrshire. Liza’s great-grandmother Evelyn was born in Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, to a Canadian father, Hugh Fitzpatrick, from Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, who was of Irish descent; and to a mother, Mary Elizabeth Harriott/Harriet, from Dublin, Fingal, Ireland.

Sources: A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli, 2010, by Mark Griffin

Genealogies of Liza’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com

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Liza’s paternal grandfather, Vincent/Vincente Charles Minnelli, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org