1. Lorna Luft was born on November 21,1952 and is an American actress and singer.
24 Facts About Lorna Luft
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Lorna Luft is the daughter of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft, the sister of Joey Luft and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli.
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Lorna Luft attended University High School in Los Angeles during her senior year and was a member of the school choir.
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Lorna Luft studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City.
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Lorna Luft made her show business debut at age 11, singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" on the 1963 Christmas episode of Garland's CBS television series The Judy Garland Show.
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Lorna Luft soon joined the family act on a summer concert tour, the highlight of which was Garland's third and final appearance at New York's famed Palace Theatre on Broadway in 1967, two years before her mother's death.
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Lorna 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.
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On October 7,1981, Lorna Luft performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, which was said to be the culmination of a lifelong dream.
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Lorna Luft appeared as Patti Bristol in "Broadway Malady", a 1985 episode of Murder, Lorna Luft Wrote.
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In 1996, Lorna Luft 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.
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In December 1995, Lorna Luft released a cover version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", which was reworked as a "virtual duet" with Garland.
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From November 2006 through January 2007, Lorna Luft performed in the UK premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, a new stage adaptation based on the film.
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Lorna Luft reprised her role the next year, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse from November 19 to December 8,2007, and the Wales Millennium Centre at the Donald Gordon Theatre from December 13,2007, through January 12,2008.
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In 2005, Lorna Luft toured Ireland with her stage show, Songs My Mother Taught Me.
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Lorna Luft appeared in The Wizard Of Oz, a stage version of the movie that made Garland famous, at The Lowry in Manchester, England.
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Lorna Luft portrayed the role of the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Between May and July 2015, Lorna Luft toured the UK in Judy - The Songbook of Judy Garland, a show highlighting Garland's life and music.
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Lorna Luft has appeared in the films Grease 2, Where the Boys Are '84, Fear Stalk, 54 and My Giant.
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Lorna Luft is the author of the 1998 book Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir.
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Lorna Luft participates in events which are held by various children's and AIDS-related charities, including the annual Los Angeles AIDS Walk and The Children's Wish Foundation International.
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Lorna Luft currently resides in Palm Springs, California, with her second husband, the British-born composer and arranger, Colin Freeman.
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Lorna Luft was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and she finished her last chemotherapy treatment in 2013.
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In March 2018, Lorna Luft was diagnosed with a brain tumor after she collapsed following a performance in London.
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Later that month, Lorna Luft underwent successful surgery to remove the tumor.