Judy Garland

ActorDirector Jun 10 (died age 47) Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA 1929–2025 (96 year career)

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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 interna…

Known For

Film

The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale

Film

Judgment at Nuremberg

Irene Hoffman Wallner

Film

Meet Me in St. Louis

Esther Smith

Film

A Star Is Born

Vicki Lester

Film

Easter Parade

Hannah Brown

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

The Pirate

Manuela Alva

Film

The Clock

Alice Maybery

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (121)

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

2025

as Dorothy

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Lynch/Oz

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

My Music: A Classic Christmas

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

La La La

2018

as Various Roles (archive footage)

7.2

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017

as Self (archive)

4.5

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015

as Self (archive footage)

The Music According to Tom Jobim

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Vito

as Self (archive)

The Polio Crusade

as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

2009

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009

as (archive footage)

6.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

as Self (archive)

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

2009

as Self

BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals

2009

as Self (archive footage/photos)

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

2006

as Jane Falbury (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judy Garland Duets

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Easter Parade: On the Avenue

2005

as Self (Archive Footage)

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

2005

as Self

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli

2004

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

8.0

Jack Paar: Smart Television

2003

as Self

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judy Garland Speaks

2001

as Self

Bride of Trailer Camp

2001

as (archive footage)

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000

as Dorothy (archive footage)

8.7

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Mirror

1999

6.0

Ode to Dorothy

1998

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

1998

as Betsy Booth (archive footage)

5.3

Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe

1998

as Self - Archival Footage (voice)

2.0

Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

1995

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Judy in a Land Called Oz

1992

as Self

5.0

The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)

1991

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

That's Dancing!

1985

7.0

Judy Garland: The Concert Years

1985

as Self (archive footage)

5.6

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

as Vicki Lester (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

10.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

7.0

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

1967

Judy and Liza at the Palladium

1964

as Self

A Child Is Waiting

1963

as Jean Hansen

6.8

I Could Go on Singing

1963

as Jenny Bowman

6.0

The Judy Garland Christmas Show

1963

as Self

9.0

Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special

Gay Purr-ee

as Mewsette (voice)

The Judy Garland Show

1962

as Self

9.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

as Irene Hoffman Wallner

8.0

Pepe

1960

as Vocalist on Radio (voice)

6.3

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

as Betsy Booth (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

A Star Is Born

1954

as Vicki Lester

7.1

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

Summer Stock

as Jane Falbury

Moments in Music

as Self (from Ziegfeld Girl)

1.0

In the Good Old Summertime

as Veronica Fisher

Easter Parade

as Hannah Brown

The Pirate

as Manuela Alva

Words and Music

as Judy Garland

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Marilyn Miller

The Harvey Girls

as Susan Bradley

Ziegfeld Follies

as Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")

The Clock

as Alice Maybery

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Esther Smith

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Girl Crazy

as Ginger Gray

Presenting Lily Mars

as Lily Mars

Strictly G.I.

as Self - Guest Star

Thousands Cheer

as Judy Garland

We Must Have Music

as Herself

For Me and My Gal

as Jo Hayden

Ziegfeld Girl

as Susan Gallagher

Babes on Broadway

as Penny Morris

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

1941

as Betsy Booth

5.9

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

If I Forget You

as Judy Garland

Strike Up the Band

as Mary Holden

Little Nellie Kelly

as Nellie Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly

6.8

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

as Betsy Booth

The Wizard of Oz

as Dorothy Gale

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Babes in Arms

as Patsy Barton

Everybody Sing

as Judy Bellaire

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

as Self (uncredited)

Listen, Darling

as Pinkie Wingate

March of Dimes

as Judy

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

as Self

7.0

Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938

as Betsy Booth

6.2

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

1937

as Cricket West

5.7

MGM Christmas Trailer

1937

as Herself

5.0

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Betty Clayton

Pigskin Parade

as Sairy Dodd

Every Sunday

as Judy

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

1935

as Self (as The Garland Sisters)

5.9

A Holiday in Storyland

1930

as One of The Three Gumm Sisters

Bubbles

1930

as Herself (uncredited)

5.4

The Wedding of Jack and Jill

1930

as One of The Three Gumm Sisters

The Big Revue

1929

as Herself

3.5

as Self / Dorothy Gale (archive footage)

Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli - Live at the London Palladium

as Self

10.0

Television (14)

Too Young to Die

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Hollywood Greats

Omnibus

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Hollywood Palace

1964

as Self

4.5

The Judy Garland Show

1963

as Self

8.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

The Twentieth Century

1957

8.0

MGM Parade

1955

as Betty Clayton (archive footage)

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

General Electric Theater

1953

as Judy Garland

6.4

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Judy Garland Speaks

2001

Director