Judy Garland

I'll be honest, Judy Garland gets me right in the chest every time. That voice, big, trembling, full of want, could turn a simple song into something that ached, and "Over the Rainbow" alone earned her a forever spot in my heart. She basically grew up onstage, went from a vaudeville kid to the gravitational center of "The Wizard of Oz," and somehow carried that childlike wonder and a bruised, grown-up tenderness at the same time. Her run in "A Star Is Born" floors me, and those concert recordings, especially the Carnegie Hall night, are pure electricity. I know her life was hard, dragged through fame's machinery far too young, and that makes the warmth she gave the rest of us feel almost impossibly generous. Gone at 47, but honestly, she never stopped glowing.

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Name (English)

Judy Garland

Name (Japanese)

ジュディ・ガーランド

Reading

じゅでぃ・がーらんど

Born

June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States

Height

151 cm

Occupation

television actor / film actor / singer / actor / voice actor

High school

Hollywood High School

University

Harvard University

Awards & achievements

• 1940 Academy Juvenile Award
• 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1952 Special Tony Award
• 1954 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
• 1961 Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• 1961 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• 1961 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
• 1980 Grammy Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://judygarland.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy%20Garland
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11637

Tags

• Minnesota
• television actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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