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Mar 20, 2014 · A few weeks ago we peeked inside the disheveled, abandoned French Regency mansion in Beverly Hills that was once home to Vincente Minnelli (and is now home to, from the looks of it, squatters ...
- Bianca Barragan
Mar 4, 2014 · Vincente Minnelli died in the Beverly Hills house in 1986, willing his widow Lee lifetime use of the property, but also leaving Liza officially in charge of his estate. In 2000, Liza decided to ...
- Bianca Barragan
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- Playdates at The Minnelli Mansion
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Los Angeles is full of homes that are small architectural wonders, and many are included in home tours around the famous city. That’s why it was especially strange for an anonymous tipster to stumble upon an abandoned mansion that seemed to have no history. The once lavish home had clearly passed its heyday, but it still offered a glimmer of the ma...
The experts at Curbed Los Angeles discovered that the abandoned mansion was owned by Vincente Minnelli, a renowned director of musicals during the Golden Age of Hollywood. The house was built in 1925. Under Minnelli’s ownership, it was renovated by John Elgin Woolf, an architect who made his name designing homes in Hollywood. They didn’t uncover an...
In 1940, Minnelli signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which allowed him to unleash his creativity on some of the biggest movies of the decade. Cabin in the Sky, released in 1943, is one of his most critically acclaimed films. Minnelli sought to keep the momentum going when he followed up the hit with Meet Me in St. Louis. He fell in love with Judy Gar...
Less than a year after their marriage, Minnelli and Garland welcomed their daughter, Liza, into the world. To the outside world, the family seemed to be thriving. Beautiful, successful, wealthy parents had a darling child. In reality, the Minnelli family was crumbling. Although Minnelli and Garland’s careers were thriving, Vincente was struggling w...
Despite being a married man, Vincente Minnelli was hopelessly dedicated to his work and his daughter. After long days on set, he returned home with lavish gifts for Liza, and he showered her with almost all of his attention. His wife, Judy Garland, faded into the background. Growing up under the spotlight left Garland with emotional scars of her ow...
After decades of being a Hollywood darling, Judy Garland was being passed up by the industry, and she received no consolation at home from a husband who ignored her. When she had an affair with Sidney Luft, another big name in showbiz, it was a way to find solace elsewhere. The Minnellis finally divorced in 1951. In that same year, Vincente Minnell...
The Minnelli estate was a 5,900-square-foot behemoth that sat proudly on Crescent Drive. There were 19 rooms in total in the sprawling mansion, including six bedrooms and bathrooms along with multiple living rooms. Some of the rooms were set up like Hollywood dressing rooms, and many rooms paid homage to the many films Vincente Minnelli directed wi...
Liza Minnelli spent six months of the year with each of her parents. Vincente was determined to make his six months with his only daughter the best six months of every year. Each year, he bought her a completely new wardrobe. He hired Tony Duquette, an expert set design artist, to build Liza a large outdoor playhouse. In addition, Liza had 42,500 s...
All the kids in Hollywood wanted to be friends with Liza Minnelli because the playdates were amazing. Candice Bergen was a child star at the time, and she revealed that Vincente Minnelli had miniature versions of the costumes from his iconic films made for his daughter and her friends. Nevertheless, good things tend to reach an eventual end. Hollyw...
In 1976, Vincente Minnelli directed his final film. With less money coming in, maintaining his lavish home became impossible. Although he was still quite the entertainer, his guests started to notice that his home was falling into disrepair. As Vincente’s career was reaching its sunset, dawn was just rising on Liza Minnelli’s time in the Hollywood ...
Oct 2, 2013 · Sensing something was wrong due to his pallor, Minnelli’s wife, Lee, whom the director had married in 1980, called 911. Paramedics rushed to the scene and Vincente was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. He was 83. And while the mansion was willed to Liza, it was stipulated that Lee would be ...
May 27, 2014 · When we first got a look inside the abandoned Beverly Hills mansion that once belonged to Liza Minnelli's father, Vincente Minnelli, and was for years at the center of a terrible family battle, it...
- Bianca Barragan
A video provides a tour through the abandoned Minnelli mansion in Beverly Hills, once occupied by Liza Minnelli's father, Vincent Minnelli. The 5,800-square-foot house sits on Crescent Drive in ...
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2 stories, total floor area: 5,800 sq. ft. North Crescent Drive near Sunset Boulevard. Director Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986) owned this residence until his death, leaving it to his widow, Lee. Daughter Liza Minnelli was made caretaker of the estate. In 2000, Liza decided to put the house on the market, but her step-mother refused to leave.
