Birth of Judy Garland

Judy Garland was born on 10 June 1922 in Grand Rapids. An American actress and singer, born Frances Gumm, Garland began performing as a child in a vaudeville family act and signed with MGM as a teenager. She became a star as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in 1939, singing Over the Rainbow, which became her signature song. She went on to appear in musicals such as Meet Me in St. Louis and Easter Parade and earned an Oscar nomination for A Star Is Born in 1954. Her concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961 was celebrated as a landmark performance. Her life was marked by addiction, health problems and financial difficulties, and she died in London at 47. She was the mother of the singer Liza Minnelli.

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