Judy Garland

 

Judy Galand in Meet me in St. LouisJudy Garland in The Wizard of OzJudy Garland in The pirate

Biography

Judy Garland

Judy Garland
I was born at the age of 12 on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot

Remarkable:

Judy was married five times:
David Rose (1941-1943)
Vincente Minnelli (1945-1951)
Sid Luft (1952-1965
Mark Herron (1965-1967)
Mickey Deans (1969-her death in 1969)

Born:

June 10, 1922

Born as:

Frances Ethel Gumm

Died:

June 22, 1969

Born in Minnesota (USA) Frances was the child of vaudeville performers. She made her stage debut at the age of two, at her father's movie house and theatre.

In 1934 Frances and her two sisters performed in Chicago as the Gumm Sisters during the World's Fair. That is where Frances Gumm was advised to change her name to Judy Garland.

A few years later MGM boss Louis B. Mayer signed her to a contract after a personal audition.

Judy's first screen appearance was in short called Every sunday (1936) but she stole the show in Broadway melody of 1938 when she sang “Dear mr Gable” to a photograph of the star.

After a string of unsuccessful films, she landed the role of Dorothy in the classic film The Wizard of Oz (1939). Garland became a major star and she appeared in a long string of classic musicals, including Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Easter Parade (1948) and several (nine times in total) with her friend, Mickey Rooney.

In 1945, she married the now famous director Vincente Minnelli, with whom she had a daughter, Liza.

Judy became a drug addict because of the amphetamines and barbiturates the studio provided and in1950 she attempted suicide for the first time.

In 1954 she acted in George Cukor's remake of A Star Is Born but the comeback was short lived and a long period of inactivity started.

In the early sixties Garland began the weekly “The Judy Garland Show” but the show was cancelled after a year.

In 1969 Judy died by an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.

Academy awards:

1962 Nominated Best Actress for: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1955 Nominated Best Actress for: A Star Is Born (1954)
1940 Juvenile Award for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year.

Selected movies:

 

Judy Garland in A star is born

Trivia

Judy Garland is in the USA an icon of the gay community. They nicknamed themselves friends of Dorothy. Three of her husbands, Vincente Minnelli, Mark Herron and Mickey Deans were gay. Herron had an affair with Peter Allen, who was married to Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli. Source / More (Book)

Judy was married five times:
David Rose (1941-1943)
Vincente Minnelli (1945-1951)
Sid Luft (1952-1965
Mark Herron (1965-1967)
Mickey Deans (1969-her death in 1969)

The live recording made of her concert appearance at Carnegie Hall was a best seller, charting for 73 weeks on Billboard (13 weeks at number one).

Judy called her very ambitious mother “The real Wicked Witch of the West”

There is a rumor that the newspaper New York Daily News had set in headline type, for instant use:“JUDY TAKES OVERDOSE ” Source / More (Book)

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