Raechal Leone Shewfelt

Boogie Nights: See Photos of Liza Minnelli Partying at Studio 54

Raechal Shewfelt

·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment

12 March 2016 at 11:49 am

Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger

Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli, and Martin Scorsese

Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, and Halston

Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, and Michael Jackson

Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, and Betty Ford

Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger

Star of stage and screen Liza Minnelli — herself the daughter of Oscar-winning actress Judy Garland and Oscar-winning director Vincente Minnelli — was one of the elites who was a regular at Studio 54. Her fellow partygoers on any given night, including Jan. 10, 1978, when this snapshot was taken, were pop artist Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger’s then wife Bianca. (Photo: Ron Galella/Getty Images)

In the late ’70s, there was no place more decadent and groovy than the legendary Studio 54, in New York City, and few people were in the middle of it all more than Liza Minnelli. The singer and actress — already an Oscar winner for 1973’s Cabaret — spent the glittery nights at the disco club dancing with Cher, palling around with co-owner Steve Rubell, and rubbing elbows with pop icon Andy Warhol. The original club shuttered its doors in 1980, but there’s no doubt that if it were still open today, Minnelli would choose it as the place to celebrate her 70th birthday on March 12. Take a look back at some pics of Liza and her famous pals who frequented the venue.

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