Actress Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson has.
Actress Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June Gamble , an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr.
Her mother, née Helga Mathilde Meyer , was a German opera singer.
With a crackerjack showbiz lineage that includes wizard of awes Judy Garland for a mother and revered Hollywood director Vincente Minnelli for a pa, tripping and traipsing Liza had no sooner toddled past the diaper pail than she was being groomed for stardom of stage and screen.