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Born in Great Rapids, Minnesota. Her parents were Frank and Ethel Gumm. She was known as "Baby Gumm," Her real name was Frances Gumm. Her two older sisters were Mary Jane and Virginia.
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In 1926, the Gumm family moved to California where Garland and her sisters studied acting and dancing
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Judy Garland's first short film.
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Frances was signed by Louis B. Mayer, an important person of the leading film studio MGM, after hearing her sing. It was then that her name was changed from Frances Gumm to Judy Garland, after a popular 30s song "Judy" and film critic Robert Garland.
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This is hard on Judy, but she manages to keep going.
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These are the years she made movies.
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This was her first feature film produced by the MGM studios.
Movie Summary:
Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. But the hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace. -
MGM studio doctors gave her numerous pills to help with her tiredness on set. This resulted in another problem, her weight fluctuation and was given amphetamines. This started her downward spiral to drug addiction that ultmately took her life.
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One of the movies she is most known for.
Movie Summary:
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. -
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Judy marries David Rose. They eloped in Las Vegas with only her mother and her step-father present.
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Another film Judy Garland was know for.
Movie summary:
In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. -
She marries director Vincent Minnelli. She also is pregnant with her first child.
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The is when Judy's first baby was born.
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Judy divorces Vincent after being suspended from MGM studios a third time and heads to London with new lover Sidney Luft.
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Ethel Gilmore died of a heart attack.
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Judy gives birth to her son Joey Luft.
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Judy and Sidney made their divorce final.
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Judy married Mark Heron in Las Vegas, but seperated in April 1966 because of his homosexuality.
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Judy Garland marries for the fifth and final time to disk jockey Mickey Dean in Chelsea, London.
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Died Chelsea, London, England. She overdosed on barbiturates. She lost her fighting battle to drugs.
