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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...
has been the subject of many biographies. Since her death in 1969, she has been the subject of over two dozen books. The first of these was The films and Career of Judy Garland by Morella and Epstein published by Citadel Press. It was the only book published before her death. The second was Brad Steiger
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's ''Judy Garland'', published shortly after her death, which includes information on Garland's astrological
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chart, analysis of her handwriting, numerology and biorhythms. Most of the books are entirely about Garland, but some, including Patricia Fox-Sheinwold's ''Too Young to Die'', ''Some Are Born Great'' by Adela Rogers St. Johns and Jane Ellen Wayne's ''The Golden Girls of MGM'', merely feature a chapter about her. Two volumes, ''Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show'' by Coyne Steven Sanders and Mel Tormé's ''The Other Side of the Rainbow: On the Dawn Patrol With Judy Garland'', focus on Garland's television series, ''The Judy Garland Show
''The Judy Garland Show'' is an American Variety show, musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963–1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found succes ...
''. Garland's last husband, Mickey Deans
Michael DeVinko, Jr. (September 24, 1934 – July 11, 2003), known as Mickey Deans, was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth husband and widower of actress and singer Judy Garland.
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Born Michael DeVinko in Garfield, N ...
, co-authored an early biography in 1972 and Garland's daughter Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) is an American actress, author, and singer. She is the daughter of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli.
Early life
Luft was born on November 21, 1952, at Saint John's Health Cent ...
wrote a family memoir in 1988.
Garland has been profiled on-screen several times. The earliest known film biography was a 1961 installment of the syndicated television series '' Hollywood Hist-o-rama'', which covered her career through the filming of '' A Star is Born''. Garland was the subject of episodes of the British series '' Omnibus'', '' 60 Minutes'', ''Biography
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'' and the ''E! True Hollywood Story
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''. Her life story was fictionalized in ''Rainbow'' in 1978 and in 2001 in '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'', based on daughter Luft's memoir. On stage, Garland is a character in ''The Boy from Oz
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'', a 1998 musical based on the life of former son-in-law Peter Allen, and the 2006 play ''The Property Known as Garland'', based on tape recordings made prior to her last concert appearance.
Film and video
Stage
See also
*List of Judy Garland awards and honors
Judy Garland received numerous awards and honors during her 40-year career. Garland won or was nominated for awards for her work in motion pictures, television, music recording, and on stage. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award, and was ...
* List of Judy Garland performances
In a career that spanned more than forty years, Judy Garland performed on stage, screen and television. Garland appeared in 34 feature films. She was nominated for multiple Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, receiving an Academy Juvenile Awa ...
* Judy Garland discography
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Judy Garland on Hollywood Hist-o-rama
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Biography
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Garland
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Garland
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