Judy Garland

Judy Garland, lahir Frances Ethel Gumm, (10 Juni 1922 – 22 Juni 1969) adalah seorang aktris dan penyanyi Amerika. Setelah tampil di vaudeville bersama saudara perempuannya, Jimmie dan Suzie. Judy masuk ke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Di sana ia membuat lebih dari dua lusin film, termasuk sembilan film bersama Mickey Rooney dan "The Wizard of Oz". Setelah lima belas tahun, Garland dibebaskan dari studio tetapi memperoleh kesuksesan baru melalui penampilan konser dan kemudian kembali ke dunia akting. Melalui karirnya, Garland mencapai ketenaran internasional sebagai aktris dalam peran musikal dan drama, sebagai artis rekaman, dan di panggung konser. Dia menerima Academy Award remaja, Golden Globe Award serta Grammy Award, dan Special Tony Award. Dia dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik untuk "A Star is Born" (1954) dan Aktris Pendukung Terbaik untuk "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961). Pada usia empat puluh, dia adalah penerima termuda Penghargaan Cecil B. DeMille untuk pencapaian seumur hidup dalam industri film. Pada tahun 1997, Garland secara anumerta dianugerahi Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Beberapa rekamannya telah dimasukkan ke dalam Grammy Hall of Fame. Pada tahun 1999, Institut Film Amerika menempatkannya di antara sepuluh bintang wanita terhebat dalam sejarah perfilman Amerika.

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 international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. She received a juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award as well as a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for "A Star is Born" (1954) and Best Supporting Actress for "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961). At forty, she was the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry. 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.