Liza Minnelli: the eternal rivalry with the mother, which turned into a real tragedy (8 photos + 1 video)

Rivalry is a rather controversial thing. On the one hand, it pushes us to grow and achieve heights, on the other hand, it breaks many for the whole the rest of your life. Especially if it's open competition with someone close to you. man.





Liza Minnelle - famous actress, owner "Oscar", a charming woman to the point of madness. However, the real the incentive to move forward for her was open competition with her mother, which, as a result, ran like a red thread through her entire life.



Liza was born into an artistic family: her father was a famous directed by Vincent Minnelli, and his mother is a favorite of the public, an actress Judy Garland. Already at the age of 3 years, the baby will be on the set site.



At the same time, in childhood, Lisa’s relationship with her mother was very strange. Mom adored her - and that's a fact. That's just after birth child, her whole habitual life as a celebrity No. 1 has changed.

First, Judy was not invited to the movies, then the postpartum depression. Sometimes from hopelessness and anxiety, Garland in a rage she destroyed things around, but secretly sometimes she reproached her daughter. After all, if not for her, then Judy would still act in films and received raving compliments from fans.



Due to not the most stable psyche, Judy was not very worried the issue of raising a daughter. Lisa from an early age watched her mother takes drugs, and a little later the girl had to take over the role of the elder, helping the younger brother and sister.

Constant tantrums, suicide attempts - Judy was a born actress, she wanted drama. And behind all this desire get vivid emotions and admiration, unfortunately, she forgot that is a mother. Against the backdrop of constant stress, Lisa was terribly afraid lose your family and be alone.



At the age of 16, Lisa entered the school of theater arts, and it was on the stage, as her mother used to express, literally splash out your emotions.

She was often compared to Judy, which was far away for a girl. not a compliment. Who would like to be just a timid shadow of the famous parents? However, every year Lisa more and more confidently pushed back her mother: the public adored her, and the young star herself began acting in films are becoming more and more active.



Their relationship was like a volcano. That Judy got depressed because of her insolvency, then because of anger, she even started an affair ... with her daughter's husband. A long-term difficult relationship has grown into an open one. conflict, at one point the relatives stopped communicating.

It all ended only at the moment when Judy passed away from an overdose. Unfortunately, Lisa partly blamed herself for this. Was not nearby, did not forgive, did not help - she lived with this devouring feeling for the rest of your days.

Lisa tried to express all her pain in the cinema. After a couple years, the now famous film "Cabaret" was released on the screen, which helped the young actress to win an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

With might and main trying to avoid loneliness, Minnelle tried surround yourself with a variety of people. About her string of lovers went a lot of rumors, and behind her eyes sometimes call her "a devourer of someone else's happiness", because Lisa was not shy about having affairs with married men.

Involuntarily, Liza moved along the path of her mother's fate. She was addicted to alcohol, illegal substances. In the 80s its harmful habits began to affect her health: memory problems began, in the worse side changed appearance.



Only after many years of rehabilitation, Lisa was able to find myself. Since the 2000s, the actress has donated considerable amounts to centers rehabilitation.