Sidney Luft

ABOUT SIDNEY LUFT

Best known for his multiple marriages to Hollywood actresses, he helped produce the 1954 version of A Star is Born, a career comeback project for his second wife, Judy Garland .

As a young man, he was both an amateur boxer and a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot.

He began his career in Hollywood as an assistant to tap dancer and actress Eleanor Powell .

His first marriage, to actress Lynn Bari , lasted from 1943 until 1950 and resulted in one son. His next marriage, to Judy Garland , lasted three years and produced two children. His final two marriages were to Patti Hemingway and actress Camille Keaton.

Lorna Luft , his daughter with Judy Garland, had a career as an actress, though she achieved a lesser degree of fame than did her half-sister Liza Minnelli.