Lorna Luft | |
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Luft in May 2010
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Born |
Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
November 21, 1952
Occupation | Actress, author, singer |
Years active | 1963–present |
Spouse(s) |
Jake Hooker (m. 1977; div. 1993) Colin Freeman (m. 1996) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) |
Judy Garland Sid Luft |
Relatives | Liza Minnelli (maternal half-sister) |
Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) 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.
Lorna Luft was born in Santa Monica, California. She attended University High School in Los Angeles during her senior year and was a member of the school choir.
She made her show business 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. Siblings Liza Minnelli and Joey Luft also appeared in this episode.
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. In this month-long engagement, Judy Garland "shared" the bill with Lorna (then 14 years old) and son Joey (12 years old). The show was recorded live and released on ABC Records as Judy Garland: At Home At The Palace.
Luft is married to her second husband, musician Colin R. Freeman.
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. The show is best known for the hit song "I'll Never Fall in Love Again".
Luft starred in the 1981 national tour of They're Playing Our Song and in 1982 she played Paulette Rebchuck in Grease 2. In 1983, she played Peppermint Patty in the Off Broadway production of Snoopy!!! The Musical (a sequel to You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and later that year she co-starred in Extremities with Farrah Fawcett.