Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, Vincente Minnelli kept lying over the years about his age and his exact origin. His father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater and his only child to survive infancy spent his childhood on the road. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, he worked at the costume department of the Chicago Theater, then on Broadway during the depression as a set designer and costumer, adopting a Latinized version of h ...[Read Story]
