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Which name was Vincente Minnelli given at birth?

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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful. — Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (right) with Lana Turner (left) during the filming of *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952).

Vincente Minnelli was born with the name Lester Anthony Minnelli. He later adopted his father’s name, restoring it to its original Italian form, to become the American director known for his work on filmed musicals during the 1940s and 1950s.12