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 Judy
Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922 at Itasca
Hospital, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA.
"Baby Gumm" gave her first
public performance at the Itasca Mercantile at the age of two.
She gave her first public stage performance at age 2-1/2 in her
father's New Grand Theatre in Grand Rapids. She sang Jingle
Bells, wearing a little white net dress created by her
mother. She performed throughout northeast and north central
Minnesota before moving to California. in October 1926.
Judy signed a movie contract
with MGM at age 13 in 1935 and rose to international fame when
she performed the song, Dear Mr. Gable, You Made Me Love You,
at the age of 15.
She made 32 feature films.
and received a special Academy Award "Oscar" for the best
juvenile performance of 1939 in recognition of her role as
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
She starred in 30 Judy
Garland Television Shows, garnering a total of 10 Emmy Award
nominations. She also fulfilled more than 1,100 theatre,
nightclub and concert performances in 18 years from 1951 until
1969 and received a special Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for
record-breaking Broadway engagements at The Palace.
 Judy
recorded nearly 100 singles, and over 24 albums. The record
"Judy at Carnegie Hall" received an unprecedented 5 Grammy
Awards in 1962, including Album of the Year.
As an adult, Judy was four
feet, eleven inches tall. Her favourite colour was
red.
Judy was married five times;
her husbands were David Rose, Vincente Minnelli, Sid Luft, Mark
Herron, and Mickey Deans.
She had three children:
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Liza Minnelli, born March
12, 1946
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Lorna Luft, Born November
29, 1952
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Joseph Wiley Luft, born
March 29, 1955
Judy died in London on June
22, 1969, at age 47 of an accidental overdose of prescription
medication.
She was buried at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, a week later.
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