Judy Garland

Childhood and Youth

Biography of
Judy Garland

Life On Film

The main events in Judy Garland's career on the silver screen

 Beyond the Screen

What did Judy Garland do in performance other than on the screen?

Historical Significance

A discussion of the effects of Judy Garland's performance on the rest of performance history.

Chronology

Digital Bibliography

 
"On June 10, 1922, a star was born. She would be called 'World's Greatest Entertainer,' complete thirty-two movies, win a special Academy Award and nominations for two others, star in her own television show that would win ten Emmy nominations, perform over seven hundred concerts, win a Tony award, make over a dozen record albums, and be remembered in the hearts of many North American and European citizens. Her name? Frances Ethel Gumm. Doesn't sound familiar? How
about her stage name: Judy Garland."

Judy's Biography

Judy Garland moved to California in  1926 so that she could begin her career as a performer on the silver screen. Judy was always close to her father, Frank Gumm, and was devastated when he dies while she was performing on the radio on November 17, 1935.

When, at her 17th birthday party, she was told that she would be playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, she was finally able to reconnect to her father because that was on of the stories he had read to her as a child.

Despite four failed marriages until her final marriage to Mickey Deans just three months before her death, Judy Garland proved that she was a force to be reckoned with in the realm of performance. She was able to help bring back Vaudeville performances, created several records, and wrote poetry. Still remembered today as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was so much more than a little bold girl from Kansas. It is this aspect of Judy Garland on which this website hopes to touch.

Terry J. Brown
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