Born March 12, 1946 to legendary MGM musical icon Judy Garland (two-time Oscar nominee for JUDGMENT AT NUREMBURG and A STAR IN BORN) and the distinguished director Vincente Minnelli (winner of a directing Oscar for GIGI), Liza made her screen debut at the age of 14 months in the closing scene of one of her mother's films, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME.

She made her Off-Broadway debut in the 1963 revival of Martin & Blaine's BEST FOOT FORWARD, winning a Theatre World award for her scene-stealing role of Ethel Hofflinger. Two years later she nabbed a Best Actress in a Musical Tony for her very first Broadway show, FLORA THE RED MENACE, followed by a second win in 1978 for THE ACT.

One of the most recognizable stage baritones of the 40s-50s, Raitt's made his Broadway debut in 1945, originating the role of doomed barker Billy Bigelow in the original company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL. Between the successes of CAROUSEL and PAJAMA GAME came a series of musical flops (MAGDALENA, THREE WISHES FOR JAMIE, CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS). While he was fortunate to recreate the role of Sid in the 1957 file version of THE PAJAMA GAME opposite Doris Day, the movie role of Billy Bigelow in CAROUSEL (1956) went to Gordon MacRae.

During the last few decades of his life he was much in demand as a leading man, pleasing audiences across the countries in a touring productions of such popular hits as OKLAHOMA, 1776, SOUTH PACIFIC, SHENANDOAH and KISMET.