The child of an alcoholic legend, Minnelli is Hollywood royalty, a serial bride, and a total nut.

The daughter of Judy Garland and director Vincent Minnelli, after a childhood spent on movie sets, Minnelli made the move to Broadway in the 1960s, winning a Tony at the age of 19 for her turn in Flora the Red Menace. Minnelli's career peaked in the early '70s when she played the flamboyant Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse's Cabaret; her performance earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and led to her own Fosse-directed TV show called Liza with a "Z". She's since appeared in countless theatrical productions, films, and TV programs since (the young folk probably know her best as Lucille Austero on Arrested Development).

Her personal life is equally legendary. After three marriages and an affair with Martin Scorcese, in 2002, she married the bizarre music producer David Gest; their over-the-top wedding ceremony featured Michael Jackson as the best man and a doddering Liz Taylor as maid of honor. After 16 months of conjugal bliss, the couple separated and the mud-slinging began. Although Minnelli's no stranger to the tabloids (like her mother, she's had a lifelong battle with booze and pills), she made exceptionally lurid headlines during her messy divorce from Gest, which Minnelli says drove her back to drugs and into rehab. During divorce proceedings, Gest alleged Minnelli beat him during her booze-fueled rages. She countered that Gest was siphoning money from her and trying to poison her. After years of litigation, the couple settled and officially divorced in 2007. [Image via Getty]