Lorna Luft

Television + Stage and Film Actress and Singer

Female

Born Nov 21, 1952

Age 60

Hometown Santa Monica, Cal...

Lorna Luft is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft, and the half-sister of singer and actress Liza Minnelli.

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19th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards. held at Palm Springs Convention Centre - Arrivals

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Feb 9, 2013

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After party for 'Hello Gorgeous!' - a salute to the Streisand songbook, held at Hunter College - ...

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Oct 14, 2012

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Lorna Luft After party for 'Hello Gorgeous!' - a salute to the Streisand songbook, held at Hunter...

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Oct 13, 2012

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NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Gala held at New York University

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Sep 5, 2012

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Romance

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Colin Freeman

Married 1996
Jake Hooker

Married 1977 - 1993
Jake Hooker
Married 1977 - 1993
Burt Reynolds
Dated 1974 - 1975
Barry Manilow
Dated 1972 - 1974

Family

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Lorna Luft

Age 60

parents

Sidney Luft
Father, d.2005
Judy Garland
Mother, d.1969

siblings

Joey Luft

Brother, Age 58
Liza Minnelli
Sister, Age 66

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The Week In Arts & Culture
Huffington Post - Jan 19, 2013

Greetings, dear readers! This week we were seething with jealousy over memorabilia from Studio 54 but then became hopeful for future soirees thanks to PS1's Party Wall. Confused? Read on... In her memoir Lorna Luft famously wrote: "Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting." The renown nightclub, located on 254 West 54th Street, drew the hottest who's who of the New York elite. Only at Studio 54 could one spot Andy Wa...
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Blue Ridge Now - Sep 22, 2012

FLAT ROCK — Flat Rock Playhouse will launch its 2013 season of plays on March 7 with a YouTheatre production of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's "The Little Prince." This tale of an amusing, challenging and odd adventure will be performed at the playhouse Mainstage March 7-17. "The Odd Couple" will open the 2013 professional season with Scott Treadway and Charlie Flynn-McIver starring as Oscar Madison and Felix Unger in Neil Simon's classic comedy. The show will be on stage April 3-21. "Son...
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Stage Review: At North Shore Music Theatre, A ‘Hello, Dolly!’ With Shifted Focus
Boston Globe - Jun 18, 2012

A slightly shifted focus in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ When Lorna Luft, North Shore Music Theatre’s original diva of choice for this production of “Hello, Dolly!,” was sidelined in May by a back injury, it afforded the opportunity for a slightly different approach. It turns out that Luft’s replacement, the capable and confident Broadway veteran Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, doesn’t — unlike many a Dolly — hog the spotlight.
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Lorna Luft To Bring Judy Garland To Life At Edmonds Center For The Arts
Edmonds Patch - Mar 06, 2012

Best-selling author, recording artist and Emmy-nominated producer Lorna Luft will perform Friday at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. Luft, who began her career at age 11 on her mother Judy Garland’s television show, will pay tribute to Garland in a multi-media production. The show combines familiar songs with Luft's personal memories. Born to Garland and producer Sid Luft, Lorna at 16 shared the b...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1952 Birth Born on November 21, 1952.

1963 10 Years Old Luft was born in Santa Monica, California to Judy Garland (who was of English, Scottish and Irish descent) and her third husband, Sid Luft (who was of German Jewish descent). She made her showbusiness debut at age 11 singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" on the 1963 Christmas episode of her mother's CBS television series, The Judy Garland Show. … Read More

TEENAGE

1967 14 Years Old She soon joined the family act on a summer concert tour, the highlight being Garland’s third and final appearance at New York City's famed Palace Theatre on Broadway in 1967. … Read More

1971 18 Years Old Luft made her Broadway debut in 1971 at the Shubert Theatre as a replacement cast member in the musical Promises, Promises, adapted from the classic 1960 Billy Wilder film The Apartment. … Read More

THIRTIES

1983 30 Years Old In 1983, she played Peppermint Patty in the Off Broadway production of Snoopy!!! … Read More

1992 39 Years Old From 1992 through 1994, she played Adelaide in the American and world tour productions of Guys and Dolls.

FORTIES

1996 43 Years Old In 1996, she appeared in an Irish production of Follies in Dublin with Mary Millar, Alex Sharpe, Christine Scarry, Aidan Conway, Enda Markey, Dave Willetts and Millicent Martin.

2002 49 Years Old In 2002, she starred as Mama Rose in a University of Richmond school production of Gypsy.

FIFTIES

2006 53 Years Old In November 2006 through January 2007, she performed in the UK premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical, a new stage adaptation based on the film.

2007 54 Years Old 1 More Event

In October 2007, she released her debut CD Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me in the United Kingdom. … Read More

2009 56 Years Old 2 More Events

In April 2009, Luft completed a successful UK tour of the critically acclaimed Hugh Whitemore play Pack of Lies, in which she played the role of Helen Kroger. … Read More

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