Judy Garland (1922–1969)

Soundtrack | Actress

One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a ...

Born: June 10, 1922
Died: June 22, 1969 (age 47)

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Known For

The Wizard of Oz Dorothy (1939)
A Star Is Born Vicki Lester (1954)
Meet Me in St. Louis Esther Smith (1944)
Known For

Judgment at Nuremberg Irene Hoffman (1961)
Soundtrack

Good Morning Britain (2018)
The Man in the High Castle (2016-2018)
Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2018)
You'll Never Walk Alone (2017)
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Rainbow: Memories in Rock (2016)
Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)
3 Seconds (2016)
Superstore (2016)
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015)
Atop the Fourth Wall (2010-2014)
World of Dogs (2014)
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (2014)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2014)
Dancing in Small Spaces (2014)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
Rainbow: Black Masquerade (2013)
Mr Selfridge (2013)
Vegas (2012)
Upstairs Downstairs (2012)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010)
A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010)
California's Gold (2010)
Doctors (2009)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (2009)
9 (2009)
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Life on Mars (2009)
Australia (2008)
Milk (2008)
True Blood (2008)
The Bread (2008)
Sex and the City (2008)
Pageant (2008)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008)
Eterna Magia (2007)
P.S. I Love You (2007)
American Masters (2007)
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest (2007)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
The Good Life (2007)
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 (2006)
Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell (2006)
Cheap (2005)
The Family Stone (2005)
Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (2005)
Charlie Jade (2005)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Gilmore Girls (2001-2005)
Independent Lens (2005)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
The Long Firm (2004)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
Down with Love (2003)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Martine (2002)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002)
Hildegarde (2001)
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (2000)
Little Nicky (2000)
Johnny the Partisan (2000)
The Next Best Thing (2000)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Hanging Up (2000)
Rituals and Resolutions (1999)
The X-Files (1999)
Little Voice (1998)
Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs (1998)
Contact (1997)
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997)
Stonewall (1995)
Un paseo por el tiempo (1995)
Monte Video (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Made in America (1993)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968-1992)
The Long Day Closes (1992)
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991)
Great Performances (1991)
Quantum Leap (1991)
Eva y Adán, agencia matrimonial (1990)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Rainbow: Japan Tour (1984)
Before Stonewall (1984)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Rainbow: Live Between the Eyes (1982)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
FDR (1982)
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980)
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Mondo Trasho (1969)
The Merv Griffin Show (1968)
The Mike Douglas Show (1968)
The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965)
The Jack Paar Program (1962-1964)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Gay Purr-ee (1962)
The Judy Garland Show (1962)
Pepe (1960)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
General Electric Theater (1956)
Ford Star Jubilee (1955)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Summer Stock (1950)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
Easter Parade (1948)
The Pirate (1948)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Girl Crazy (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Strictly G.I. (1943)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
We Must Have Music (1941)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
If I Forget You (1940)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Babes in Arms (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Listen, Darling (1938)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
Everybody Sing (1938)
MGM Christmas Trailer (1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Every Sunday (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Bubbles (1930)
A Holiday in Storyland (1930)
Soundtrack

The Big Revue (1929)
Actress

I Could Go on Singing Jenny Bowman (1963)
A Child Is Waiting Jean Hansen (1963)
Gay Purr-ee Mewsette (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg Irene Hoffman (1961)
Pepe Vocalist on Radio (1960)
A Star Is Born Vicki Lester (1954)
Summer Stock Jane Falbury (1950)
In the Good Old Summertime Veronica Fisher (1949)
Words and Music Judy Garland (1948)
Easter Parade Hannah Brown (1948)
The Pirate Manuela (1948)
Till the Clouds Roll By Marilyn Miller (1946)
The Harvey Girls Susan Bradley (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies The Star ('A Great Lady Has An Interview') (1945)
The Clock Alice Maybery (1945)
Meet Me in St. Louis Esther Smith (1944)
Girl Crazy Ginger Gray (1943)
Thousands Cheer Judy Garland (1943)
Presenting Lily Mars Lily Mars (1943)
For Me and My Gal Jo Hayden (1942)
Babes on Broadway Penny Morris (1941)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy Betsy Booth (1941)
Ziegfeld Girl Susan Gallagher (1941)
Little Nellie Kelly Nellie Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Strike Up the Band Mary Holden (1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Betsy Booth (1940)
If I Forget You Judy Garland (1940)
Babes in Arms Patsy Barton (1939)
The Wizard of Oz Dorothy (1939)
Listen, Darling 'Pinkie' Wingate (1938)
Love Finds Andy Hardy Betsy (1938)
Everybody Sing Judy Bellaire (1938)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry Cricket West (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938 Betty Clayton (1937)
Every Sunday Judy (1936)
Pigskin Parade Sairy Dodd (1936)
Bubbles Performer - Member: The Three Gumm Sisters (1930)
The Wedding of Jack and Jill Frances Gumm - One of the Three Gumm Sisters (1930)
A Holiday in Storyland Frances Gumm - One of the Three Gumm Sisters (1930)
Actress

The Big Revue Frances Gumm (1929)
Archive footage

Hollywood Treasures (2018)
Celebrity Page (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2018)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Too Young to Die (2015)
Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015)
My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015)
Inside Edition (2015)
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
American Masters (1987-2012)
The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012)
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Vito (2011)
Making the Boys (2011)
Toys of Anti-Christ (2011)
100 Years of the London Palladium (2010)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (2009)
Today Tonight (2009)
Spisok korabley (2008)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008)
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007)
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest (2007)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
Underworld Histories (2007)
My Music: Movie Songs (2007)
Private Screenings (2006)
NBC News on Stage (2006)
Queens of Heartache (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
The Family Stone (2005)
American Experience (2005)
Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (2005)
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005)
Oz Tribute: The Art of Imagination (2005)
Great Performances (1985-2005)
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
Judy Garland Duets (2005)
Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (2004)
Sex 'n' Pop (2004)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004)
Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (2004)
In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004)
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004)
Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son (2004)
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003)
Christmas from Hollywood (2003)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
Martine (2002)
E! True Hollywood Story (2001-2002)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
The Nightclub Years (2001)
Memories of Oz (2001)
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001)
Hollywood Greats (1978-2001)
Backstory (2001)
Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (2000)
Great Romances of the 20th Century (1999)
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (1999)
60 Minutes Wednesday (1999)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)
Junket Whore (1998)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998)
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe (1998)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997)
Biography (1997)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996)
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996)
Legends of Entertainment Video (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Radio Star - die AFN-Story (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
Television's Christmas Classics (1994)
Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994)
Songs That Won the War (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993)
Judy in a Land Called Oz (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991)
When the Applause Died (1990)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
60 Minutes (1975-1987)
Jack Paar Comes Home (1986)
The Whimsical World of Oz (1985)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Hollywood's Children (1982)
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981)
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980)
All You Need Is Love (1977)
The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
America at the Movies (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Just One More Time (1974)
Omnibus (1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
The Hollywood Palace (1970)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1969)
Bitte umblättern (1969)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964)
The Twentieth Century (1964)
CBS: The Stars' Address (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (1962)
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
The Night Before Christmas (1957)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
Ford Star Jubilee (1956)
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953)
Moments in Music (1950)
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
Twenty Years After (1944)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Archive footage

Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)

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Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Another 6 wins & 7 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Is portrayed by Judy Davis and Tammy Blanchard in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001), by Elizabeth Karsell in James Dean (2001) and by Andrea McArdle in Rainbow (1978).

Quotes

I wanted to believe and I tried my damndest to believe in the rainbow that I tried to get over and couldn't. So what? Lots of people can't...

Trademark

Her small, delicate physical presence

Nickname

Miss Show Business

Star Sign

Gemini

Personal Details

Born

Frances Ethel Gumm
June 10, 1922
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Died

June 22, 1969 (age 47)
Chelsea, London, England, UK

Height:

4' 11½" (1.51 m)

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