Judy Garland
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-06-10 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Died
1969-06-22
Biography
Judy Garland, born Frances Ethel Gumm, (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Jimmie and Suzie. Judy was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and "The Wizard of Oz". After fifteen years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through concert appearances and later a return to acting. Through a career, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. She received a juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award as well as a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for "A Star is Born" (1954) and Best Supporting Actress for "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961). At forty, she was the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry. In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema.
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
as Self
Intimate Portrait
as Self
The Wizard of Oz
as Dorothy Gale
Omnibus
as Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
MGM Parade
as Betty Clayton (archive footage)
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as Self
MGM Parade
as self
The Clock
as Alice Maybery
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Irene Hoffman Wallner
Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Stock
as Jane Falbury
The Twentieth Century
Ziegfeld Girl
as Susan Gallagher
The Harvey Girls
as Susan Bradley
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Esther Smith