Judy Garland
Born: 1922-06-10 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1969-06-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley as Self (archive footage)
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2024
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
2022
- A Bunch of Amateurs as Dorothy Gale (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
- Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage)
- My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
2018
- La La La as Various Roles (archive footage)
2015
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Too Young to Die as Self (archive footage)
- The Music According to Tom Jobim as Self (archive footage)
2009
- The Polio Crusade as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- To Oz! The Making of a Classic as Self
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing as (archive footage)
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as (archive footage)
- BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals as Self (archive footage/photos)
2006
- Summer Stock: Get Happy! as Jane Falbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
- Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- Legendary Christmas Entertainers as Self
- Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self (archive footage)
- Easter Parade: On the Avenue as Self (Archive Footage)
2004
- A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2003
- Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
2002
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
- Bride of Trailer Camp as (archive footage)
- Judy Garland Speaks as Self
2000
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow as Dorothy (archive footage)
- Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
1999
1998
- Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy as Betsy Booth (archive footage)
- Ode to Dorothy
- Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe as Self - Archival Footage (voice)
1996
- Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Self (archive footage)
1994
- That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self
1992
- Judy in a Land Called Oz as Self
1990
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic as Self (archive footage)
1988
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
1985
- That's Dancing!
- Judy Garland: The Concert Years as Self (archive footage)
1984
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Vicki Lester (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1973
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1967
- Omnibus as Self (archive footage)
- Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1964
1963
- I Could Go on Singing as Jenny Bowman
- The Judy Garland Christmas Show as Herself
- A Child Is Waiting as Jean Hansen
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
- Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
1962
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
- Gay Purr-ee as Mewsette (voice)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self (archive footage)
- Judgment at Nuremberg as Irene Hoffman Wallner
1960
- Pepe as Vocalist on Radio (voice)
1958
- Andy Hardy Comes Home as Betsy Booth (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
- MGM Parade as Betty Clayton (archive footage)
1954
- A Star Is Born as Vicki Lester
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- General Electric Theater as Judy Garland
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Summer Stock as Jane Falbury
1949
- In the Good Old Summertime as Veronica Fisher
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Words and Music as Judy Garland
- The Pirate as Manuela Alva
- Easter Parade as Hannah Brown
1946
- The Harvey Girls as Susan Bradley
- Till the Clouds Roll By as Marilyn Miller
1945
- The Clock as Alice Maybery
- Ziegfeld Follies as Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")
1944
- Meet Me in St. Louis as Esther Smith
- Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943
- Thousands Cheer as Judy Garland
- Girl Crazy as Ginger Gray
- Presenting Lily Mars as Lily Mars
- Strictly G.I. as Self - Guest Star
1942
- For Me and My Gal as Jo Hayden
- We Must Have Music as Herself
1941
- Ziegfeld Girl as Susan Gallagher
- Babes on Broadway as Penny Morris
- Life Begins for Andy Hardy as Betsy Booth
1940
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- Strike Up the Band as Mary Holden
- Little Nellie Kelly as Nellie Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Betsy Booth
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- If I Forget You as Judy Garland
1939
- The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale
- From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- Babes in Arms as Patsy Barton
1938
- Listen, Darling as Pinkie Wingate
- Everybody Sing as Judy Bellaire
- Love Finds Andy Hardy as Betsy Booth
- Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power as Self (uncredited)
- March of Dimes as Judy
1937
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Betty Clayton
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Cricket West
- MGM Christmas Trailer as Herself
1936
- Every Sunday as Judy
- Pigskin Parade as Sairy Dodd
1935
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self (as The Garland Sisters)
1930
- Bubbles as Herself (uncredited)
- A Holiday in Storyland as One of The Three Gumm Sisters
- The Wedding of Jack and Jill as One of The Three Gumm Sisters
1929
- The Big Revue as Herself