What is Lorna Luft?
{{Infobox person | name = Lorna Luft | image = LornaLuftMay10.jpg | caption = Luft in May 2010 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|21}} | birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. | occupation = Actress, author, singer | years_active = 1963–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jake Hooker (musician)|Jake Hooker]]<br>|1977|1993|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Colin Freeman<br>|1996}} | parents = [[Sidney Luft]]<br>[[Judy Garland]] | children = 2 | relatives = [[Liza Minnelli]] <small>(maternal half-sister)</small> }} '''Lorna Luft''' (born November 21, 1952) is an American actress and singer. She was born in St John 's Health Center in Santa Monica,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://judylives.weebly.com/judys-children.html|title=Judy's Children|website=Judy Lives|access-date=2020-06-20}}</ref> She is the daughter of singer and actress [[Judy Garland]] and producer [[Sidney Luft]], and half-sister to singer and actress [[Liza Minnelli]]. Luft starred in the 1981 national tour of ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]'' and in 1982 she played Paulette Rebchuck in ''[[Grease 2]]''. In 1983, she played [[Peppermint Patty]] in the [[Off Broadway]] production of ''[[Snoopy!!! The Musical]]'', a sequel to ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]''.<ref>''The New York Times'', Display ad, February 21, 1983, p. C12</ref> In movies, Luft has appeared in ''[[Grease 2]]'' (1982), ''[[Where the Boys Are '84]]'' (1984), ''[[54 (movie)|54]]'' (1998), and ''[[My Giant]]'' (1998). She and her brother, Joey, made cameo appearances in the 1963 movie ''[[I Could Go On Singing]]''. In March 2018, Luft was diagnosed with a [[brain tumour]] after collapsing following a [[London]] performance.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/10/lorna-luft-diagnosed-with-brain-tumour-after-collapsing| title=Lorna Luft diagnosed with brain tumour after collapsing| agency=[[Press Association]]| date=March 10, 2018| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=Manchester| language=en| access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}