Christopher Walken remembers his nighttime dance with Judy Garland at Liza Minnelli’s 16th birthday party

Christopher Walken relived a moment from his past when he got to dance with Judy Garland.

During an interview on SiriusXM’s Town Hall hosted by Andy Cohen, 56, with the cast of Severance, Cohen said, “I read that you danced with a young Liza Minnelli. ‘Do you remember that?’

“We did an off-Broadway musical called Best Foot Forward. 1962. “Well, she was 16 years old, I remember,” said the 81-year-old actor.

Cohen asked, “Then could you see she had it?”

“Oh, absolutely,” the Deer Hunter star said. Cohen then asked if he interacted with Minnelli’s mother, Judy Garland, at all.

“Her mom threw her a sweet 16 birthday party,” Walken said, adding that he was there.

Christopher Walken redeemed a moment from his past when he got to dance with Judy Garland. Seen here in 2019

“I remember dancing with Judy Garland,” he added. He confirmed that she was a good dancer and “very good looking.”

Walken began his acting career as a teenager and has seven decades of film, television and Broadway experience behind him.

He won an Oscar for his role in “The Deer Hunter” in 1979 and was nominated for his role in “Catch Me If You Can” in 2003.

Minnelli, 78, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 that Walken was a music man at heart.

“I can see the sparkle in his eye every time he has the opportunity to dance on screen,” she said.

He told the outlet, “I’m kind of an actor as far as musical comedy goes.” “That’s really my training, musicals.”

Another moment from his past that he looks back on a little less fondly is the iconic More Cowbell sketch from Saturday Night Live when he hosted the show on April 5, 2000.

In the documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Will Ferrell, 57, recalled how Walker reacted to this skit

Andy Cohen said, “I read that you danced with young Liza Minnelli. ‘Do you remember that?’ Liza seen here in 2006

Cohen then asked if he interacted with Minnelli’s mother, Judy Garland, at all. “Her mom threw her a sweet 16 birthday party,” Walken said, adding that he was there

“I remember dancing with Judy Garland,” he added. He confirmed that she was a good dancer and “very good looking.” Seen here on January 16, 2025

Ferrell plays an overzealous cowbell player in a fictionalized version of Blue Oyster Cult on the day they recorded their hit song (Don’t) Fear the Reaper.

Ferrell visited Walken in a play a few weeks after the SNL episode aired.

“You know, you ruined my life… At every show, people bring cowbells to the curtain and ring them.” “It’s pretty disturbing,” Walken told him.

The band was played by then-SNL cast members Chris Parnell, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Horatio Sanz.

The band was annoyed by Ferrell’s cowbell, but fictional record executive Bruce Dickinson, played by Walken, encourages him to play the instrument harder.

Walken’s character says, “I have a fever – and the only prescription is more cowbell.”

In 2022, he reflected on his long and successful career in an interview with The New York Times.

“I don’t play golf or tennis. I have no children. I have been married for 53 years. Sometimes I think about writing something, but I don’t have much talent for it.

Walken began his acting career as a teenager and has seven decades of film, television and Broadway experience behind him. Seen here at the premiere of “Dune: Part Two” on February 25, 2024

“We did an off-Broadway musical called Best Foot Forward. 1962. “Well, she was 16 years old, I remember,” he said. Cohen asked, “Then could you see she had it?” “Oh, absolutely,” the star said. Liza seen here in 2010

“You know, all actors have a suitcase full of scripts. Lots of people do it. Even my dentist once, while treating my teeth, told me about a script he had written.

“I wrote things. They’re just not good enough. I start with two people sitting in a room talking, and it inevitably becomes disjointed.

“I can’t be anything other than an actor,” he said.