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Legendary actress, Judy Garland, was born Frances Ethel Gumm on Jun 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN.

She was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Recording. Judy Garland's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #50 on Oct 10, 1939. In addition, Garland and was immortalized on a US postal stamp in .

Although Garland was nominated for two Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award. However she won one Honorary Award in 1939 To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. .

Garland's Top rated movies at Classic Movie Hub are: Broadway Melody of 1938, Thousands Cheer, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry, Pepe, Presenting Lily Mars, Meet Me in St. Louis, Summer Stock, For Me and My Gal, The Clock and The Wizard of Oz.

And her Top blog posts at CMH Blog Hub are: The Judy Garland Show (from How Sweet It Was), Judy Garland Biography Giveaway! (from Classic Film & TV Cafe), The Judy Garland Show (from Once Upon a Screen), The FALL SERIES: Judy Garland (from All Good Things), A TRIBUTE TO JUDY GARLAND (from Backlots).

Garland died at the age of 47 on Jun 22, 1969 in London, England . Judy Garland was laid to rest in Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, NY.

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto vocal range, she 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, as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in A Star is Born and for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1961 film, Judgment at Nuremberg.

At 39 years of age, she was the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry.

After appearing in vaudeville with her two older 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, she was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a return to acting beginning with critically acclaimed performances.

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 manipulated her on-screen physical appearance. She 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 had a long struggle with alcohol and drug use during most of her career, dying of 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]

Garland's legacy as a performer and a personality has endured long after her death. The American Film Institute named her eighth among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.[106] She has been the subject of over two dozen biographies since her death, including the well-received Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir by her daughter, Lorna Luft, whose memoir was later adapted into the television miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, which won Emmy Awards for the two actresses portraying her (Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis).[107]

Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.[108] Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[109] These include "Over the Rainbow", which was ranked as the number one movie song of all time in the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs are featured on the list: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (#76), "Get Happy" (#61), "The Trolley Song" (#26), and "The Man That Got Away" (#11).[110] She has twice been honored on U.S. postage stamps, in 1989 (as Dorothy)[111] and again in 2006 (as Vicki Lester from A Star Is Born).[112]