Liza Minnelli My mum, Judy Garland

Liza Minnelli wants to tell this story about her mother. It’s one she knows people don’t often hear about the legendary Judy Garland, but it’s so endearing and fabulously showbiz that all these years later, Liza still gets a kick out of recounting it. “I was five years old,” she begins, explaining it was 1951 and her mother was performing on Broadway. “I was standing in the wings, where they let me hold the water. It was the end of the show, Mama bowed dramatically and the curtain came down.” Liza says Judy then jokingly collapsed. “So I ran out and said, ‘Mama, are you all right?’ And she said, ‘What do you want, Chinese or Italian food [after the show]?’ And I