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Judy Garland

 
Judy
Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American
actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years,
Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and
dramatic roles, as a recording artist , and on the concert stage.
Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy
Award , won a Golden Globe Award , received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy
Awards and a Special Tony Award . She had a contralto singing range.^[1] .
After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed
to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There
she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey
Rooney and the 1939 film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz . After
15 years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed
success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a
critically acclaimed Carnegie
Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series and a return to actingbeginning with a
critically acclaimed performance in A Star Is Born (1954).
Despite
her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout
her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded
by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight.^{[citation needed ]} Plied
with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland
endured a decades-long struggle with prescription drug addiction . Garland was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of
thousands of dollars in back
taxes . She married five times, with her first four marriages ending
in divorce. She also attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland diedof an accidental drug
overdose at the age of 47, leaving children Liza
Minnelli , Lorna Luft , and Joey Luft.
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 .^[2]