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Liza Minnelli reveals why mom Judy Garland was 'most challenging' part of her childhood in rare interview


Liza's early life unfolded under the shadow of her mother's demons, including addiction and a string of failed marriages, before Judy's death of an accidental overdose at age 47.

Liza is pictured at her Beverly Hills christening in 1946 with her parents, Judy and famed director Vincente Minnelli (right), as well as Reverend Herbert J. Smith (left) As a child, Liza accompanied her father to the sets of his films and joined her mother on concert tours, changing schools constantly and living in hotels. Liza's early life unfolded under the shadow of her mother's demons, including addiction and a string of failed marriages, before Judy's overdose death aged in 1969; pictured in 1965

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