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Judy Garland

Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland 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, Judgement at Nuremberg.

At 40 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 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, Garland 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. Garland 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. Garland died 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.

Judy Garland : The Judy Garland Souvenir Songbook

A compilation of songs from her movies and concert appearances. 23 motion pictures are represented by 68 songs. Also includes B&W photographs from the films, film credits and a complete filmography and discography.

Songlist: After You've Gone, Almost Like Being In Love, Alone Together, Am I Blue?, Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home, Be A Clown, Bidin' My Time, Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me), The Boy Next Door, Broadway Rhythm, But Not For Me, By Myself, Come Rain or Come Shine, Comes Once In A Lifetime, Do I Love You, Embraceable You, Every Little Movement (Has A Meaning All Its Own), For Me And My Gal, From This Moment On, Get Happy, Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Hello Blue Bird, How About You?, I Cried For You, I Don't Care, I Feel A Song Comin' On, I Got Rhythm, I Happen To Like New York, I Wish I Were In Love Again, and more