Minnelli's first film appearance was at the age of three in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime, starring her mother and Van Johnson. Minnelli started performing at age 16, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward, for which she received good notices. The next year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium. The audience loved her, launching her musical career. She returned to Broadway at 19, and won a 1965 Tony Award for Flora the Red Menace. Minnelli would also receive Tony Awards for The Act in 1978 and a special Tony in 1974. She was nominated in 1984 for The Rink but lost to her costar, Chita Rivera.
The film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), in which Minnelli starred as a love-seeking teenage misfit, garnered the young actress her first Academy Award nomination. In 1972, Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Sally Bowles in the movie version of Cabaret, along with Joel Grey who won an Oscar reprising his role from the original Broadway production (that of the Emcee).
Minnelli has the distinction of being one of the few Academy Award winners whose parents are both Academy Award nominees. She has also won an Emmy Award for the 1972 TV special Liza with a Z. Minnelli received a 1990 Grammy Legend Award. She received Golden Globe Awards for Cabaret and for the TV movie A Time to Live.
Minnelli, like her mother, is known for her powerful vocal style, as in her trademark songs "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York". Minnelli's original version of the latter, for the film in which she was a co-star with Robert DeNiro, preceded Frank Sinatra's successful cover version (for his Trilogy album), by two years.
After her performance as leading lady to Dudley Moore in 1981's Arthur, Minnelli made fewer, and fewer successful, film appearances.
She returned to Broadway in 1997, taking over the title role in the musical Victor/Victoria, replacing Julie Andrews. In his review, New York Times critic Ben Brantley commented, "her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty... She asks for love so nakedly and earnestly, it seems downright vicious not to respond."
Following her 2002 wedding to David Gest, Minnelli and Gest signed with the American cable network VH1 to star in their own reality series, but production of the series was cancelled at the last minute.
In 2004 and 2005 she appeared as a recurring guest star on the critically acclaimed TV sitcom Arrested Development as the lover of sexually and socially awkward Buster Bluth.
On January 1, 2006, she sang "New York, New York" at the second inauguration of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Other famous performances were at the 1978 Studio 54 party honoring New York City's revival, at which a guest was Mayor Ed Koch; the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1986; and at a 2001 New York Mets baseball game that was the metro area's first major sporting event after the September 11 attacks.
In 2013, she guest-starred on the NBC musical drama Smash, where she performed the number A Love Letter From the Times. She also reprised her role in the fourth season of Arrested Development.
All The Way
Liza Minnelli Lyrics
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It's no good unless he loves you all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you all the way
[Chorus]
Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
That's how deep it goes if it's real
When somebody needs you
It's no good unless he needs you all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in-between years come what may
Who knows where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you'll let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
Deeper than the deep blue sea is
That's how deep it goes if it's real
So, if you'll let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
The lyrics of “All the Way” by Liza Minnelli addresses the theme of love being a full-time commitment. The opening verse articulates how true love should reflect in the way one is treated by their partner. If someone is loved, it should be expressed fully and thoroughly, not halfway. The chorus highlights the depth that true love possesses. It should be taller than the tallest tree and deeper than the deep blue sea. This level of depth can only be attained if the love is genuine and real.
The second verse talks about the importance of being there for someone who needs you. Love should be a source of support through good or tough times. The last two lines of the verse express that true love endures through all the years, including the ones in-between. The bridge provides a sense of uncertainty, acknowledging that no one knows where the road will lead. However, the singer persists that she is willing to commit to loving her partner all the way through their journey, despite the unknown. The song concludes with a final declaration of the singer’s love, promising to fully love their partner all the way.
Line by Line Meaning
When somebody loves you
If someone truly loves you
It's no good unless he loves you all the way
It's not enough for someone to only love you partially
Happy to be near you
Being close to you brings joy
When you need someone to cheer you all the way
When you require support, someone who will be there for you entirely
Taller than the tallest tree is
The level of love should be towering and exceptional
That's how it's got to feel
This is how genuine love should make you feel
Deeper than the deep blue sea is
This level of love should be profoundly deep
That's how deep it goes if it's real
If it's genuine love, it will reach unfathomable depths
When somebody needs you
If someone needs you
It's no good unless he needs you all the way
It's not enough for someone to only need you partially
Through the good or lean years
During both prosperous and challenging times
And for all the in-between years come what may
In all the time that passes in between, despite what might happen
Who knows where the road will lead us
It's impossible to predict where life will take us
Only a fool would say
Anyone who claims to know is mistaken
But if you'll let me love you
If you permit me to love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
You can count on me to love you deeply and entirely
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: PETER HOOK, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS, BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER
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