Judy Garland
American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian (1922-1969) · United States · Actors · Died at 47
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Something wrong?She sang "Over the Rainbow" at seventeen and spent the rest of her life trying to get back. The girl who made Dorothy Gale immortal became Hollywood's most visible casualty - a voice that could break hearts paired with a studio system that broke hers.
A life in dates
The Hollywood PalaceSeries1963
The Judy Garland ShowSeries1962
Gay Purr-eeFilm, Mewsette (voice)1961“You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.”In their words2 June 1961LIFE magazine (2 June 1961)“I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.”In their words16 March 1961Interview, NBC TV (16 March 1961)Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille AwardAwardGrammy Award for Album of the YearAwardGrammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceAward
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries, 19611960
PepeFilm, Vocalist on Radio (voice)1957
The Twentieth CenturySeries1954Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAward1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Judy Garland1952Special Tony AwardAward1951“I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.”In their words18 February 1951As quoted in The Observer (18 February 1951)1950
What's My Line?Series
Summer StockFilm, 1950Jane Falbury1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Easter ParadeFilm, 1948Hannah Brown1946“When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else.”In their wordsSpeaking for America, Scholastic Magazines (1946)1944
Meet Me in St. LouisFilm, Esther Smith1942
For Me and My GalFilm, Jo Hayden1940Academy Juvenile AwardAward
Strike Up the BandFilm, 1940Mary Holden1937
Broadway Melody of 1938Film, Betty Clayton1935
La Fiesta de Santa BarbaraFilm1922Born10 June 1922Also in Deutsch
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Garland's birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career.
Garland in a costume for her debut performance
The Gumm Sisters, also known as the Garland Sisters, c. 1935: Top row: Mary Jane and Dorothy Virginia Gumm; bottom: Frances Ethel (Judy Garland) Gumm
Garland in 1935
Garland in a publicity photo for Pigskin Parade (1936)In their own words 8
, You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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SpotifyFilmography 40
IBIt's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
LSLiza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
LOLynch/Oz
SJSid & Judy
HY1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
AHAlone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
TMThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
TIThat's Entertainment! III
TMThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
TDThat's Dancing!
TIThat's Entertainment, Part II
TEThat's Entertainment!
AWA Child Is Waiting
ISI Could Go on SingingGEGay Purr-ee
JNJudgment at NurembergPEPepe
ABA Star Is BornSSSummer Stock
ISIn the Good Old SummertimeEPEaster Parade
TPThe Pirate
WMWords and Music
TGThe Harvey Girls
TBTill the Clouds Roll By
TCThe Clock
ZFZiegfeld FolliesMLMeet Me in St. Louis
GCGirl Crazy
TCThousands CheerFGFor Me and My Gal
ZGZiegfeld Girl
BBBabes on BroadwaySBStrike Up the Band
TOThe Wizard of Oz
BABabes in Arms
LHLove Finds Andy HardyBOBroadway Melody of 1938
PPPigskin ParadeLBLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara139 credits on file
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SY1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
TDToo Young to Die
IPIntimate Portrait
OMOmnibusTPThe Hollywood PalaceTSThe Judy Garland ShowTSThe Mike Douglas ShowTCThe Twentieth Century
MPMGM Parade
TOThe OscarsGTGeneral Electric TheaterWLWhat's My Line?TSThe Ed Sullivan ShowAwards
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Frances Ethel Gumm started performing at two with her sisters in vaudeville. MGM signed her at thirteen in 1935, handed her supporting roles, then cast her as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in 1939 - the part that made her inescapable. She spent the next decade anchoring MGM musicals: Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade, Summer Stock. By the 1950s she'd shifted into dramatic work, earning Academy Award nominations for A Star Is Born and Judgment at Nuremberg. Her live album Judy at Carnegie Hall made her the first woman to win the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1961, the same year she became the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Prescription dependencies shadowed the trajectory. She died from an accidental barbiturate overdose in 1969, forty-seven years old, three weeks past her birthday.
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