Judy Garland
Acting • Born 1922-06-10 – Died 1969-06-22
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
132 credits
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie • 1944
Esther Smith
The Wizard of Oz
Movie • 1939
Dorothy Gale
Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie • 1961
Irene Hoffman Wallner
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1954
Vicki Lester
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Movie • 1984
Vicki Lester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gay Purr-ee
Movie • 1962
Mewsette (voice)
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie • 1949
Veronica Fisher
Babes in Arms
Movie • 1939
Patsy Barton
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie • 1941
Susan Gallagher
For Me and My Gal
Movie • 1942
Jo Hayden
The Pirate
Movie • 1948
Manuela Alva
Girl Crazy
Movie • 1943
Ginger Gray
The Harvey Girls
Movie • 1946
Susan Bradley
Easter Parade
Movie • 1948
Hannah Brown
Summer Stock
Movie • 1950
Jane Falbury
Everybody Sing
Movie • 1938
Judy Bellaire
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")
Words and Music
Movie • 1948
Judy Garland
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie • 1943
Lily Mars
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Judy Garland
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Movie • 1941
Betsy Booth
Babes on Broadway
Movie • 1941
Penny Morris
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie • 1940
Betsy Booth
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Nellie Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly
Strike Up the Band
Movie • 1940
Mary Holden
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Movie • 1938
Betsy Booth
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Betty Clayton
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Every Sunday
Movie • 1936
Judy
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Marilyn Miller
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Movie • 2005
Self
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Listen, Darling
Movie • 1938
Pinkie Wingate
The Clock
Movie • 1945
Alice Maybery
Pigskin Parade
Movie • 1936
Sairy Dodd
Judy Garland: The Concert Years
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Movie • 1937
Cricket West
I Could Go on Singing
Movie • 1963
Jenny Bowman
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Movie • 1935
Self (as The Garland Sisters)
A Child Is Waiting
Movie • 1963
Jean Hansen
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Bubbles
Movie • 1930
Herself (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
Movie • 2005
Self (Archive Footage)
Judy and Liza at the Palladium
Movie • 1964
Self
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
MGM Christmas Trailer
Movie • 1937
Herself
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
Movie • 1963
Strictly G.I.
Movie • 1943
Self - Guest Star
Judy in a Land Called Oz
Movie • 1992
Self
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Movie • 1998
Betsy Booth (archive footage)
We Must Have Music
Movie • 1942
Herself
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Vocalist on Radio (voice)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Movie • 2000
Dorothy (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
Movie • 1939
Self
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie • 1958
Betsy Booth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Revue
Movie • 1929
Herself
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
Movie • 1938
Self (uncredited)
If I Forget You
Movie • 1940
Judy Garland
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie • 1940
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
The Judy Garland Christmas Show
Movie • 1963
Self
La La La
Movie • 2018
Various Roles (archive footage)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2009
Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Movie • 2003
Self
Sid & Judy
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
A Holiday in Storyland
Movie • 1930
One of The Three Gumm Sisters
The Wedding of Jack and Jill
Movie • 1930
One of The Three Gumm Sisters
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
The Judy Garland Show
Movie • 1962
Self
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
The Polio Crusade
Movie • 2009
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
March of Dimes
Movie • 1938
Judy
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
Movie • 1998
Self - Archival Footage (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie • 2009
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage/photos)
Judy Garland Speaks
Movie • 2001
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Mirror
Movie • 1999
Ode to Dorothy
Movie • 1998
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bride of Trailer Camp
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Movie • 2006
Jane Falbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
Movie • 1967
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Oz
Movie
Self / Dorothy Gale (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
Movie • 1991
Lynch/Oz
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Judy Garland
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
The Twentieth Century
TV • 1957
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Betty Clayton (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Too Young to Die
TV • 2012
Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
self