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Judy Garland
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Actor Born: June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN Death: June 22, 1969 in London, England, UK Biography:Entertainer "Judy Garland" was both one of the greatest and one of the most tragic figures in American show business. The daughter of a pushy stage mother, Garland and her sisters were forced into a vaudeville act called the Gumm Sisters (her real name), which appeared in movie shorts and at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It was clear from the outset that Judy was the star of the act, and, as such, was signed by MGM as a solo performer in 1936. The studio adored Garland's adult-sounding singing but was concerned about her puffy facial features and her curvature of the spine. MGM decided to test both Garland and another teenage contractee, "Deanna Durbin", in a musical "swing vs. the classics" short subject entitled "Every Sunday" (1936). The studio had planned to keep Durbin and drop Garland, but, through a corporate error, the opposite took place. Nevertheless, MGM decided to allow Garland her feature... Full Biography
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