Judy Garland

About

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm, June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer and vaudevillian whose career ran from childhood vaudeville stages to Hollywood's golden age and beyond. Signed by MGM at 13, she made 34 feature films - among them The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and A Star Is Born (1954) - and earned two Academy Award nominations as an adult. Her concert work proved equally formidable: the live album Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961) spent 73 weeks on the Billboard 200 and won five Grammy Awards, cementing her status as one of the 20th century's defining popular entertainers.

Born:: 10 June 1922 (47 years)
Died:: 22 June 1969
Place of birth:: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

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YouTube Music plays for 'Over the Rainbow'

Grammy Awards won for Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)

weeks on Billboard 200 for Judy at Carnegie Hall

feature films made (1936-1962)

What's new

2025-06
The book 'Judy Garland - The Voice of MGM' was officially published on June 18, 2025.
2025-10
Warner Archive (Warner Classics) announced a Judy Garland Collection box set of five MGM musicals, scheduled for release on October 14, 2025.
2024-12
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Garland in The Wizard of Oz sold at auction for a record-breaking $28 million on December 7, 2024.
2025-09
A new restoration of Judy Garland's 1952 concert at the Curran Theatre was made available.
2020-02
Renée Zellweger won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Garland in the 2019 biopic Judy, also taking the Golden Globe, SAG Award and BAFTA.