"show changed yet again to emphasize Garland's performances, singly and with guests. This format, including several ""Judy Garland in Concert"" solo episodes, would remain more or less intact for the remainder of the series. Despite continuing positive critical comment about Garland's performances, the ratings remained flat. Fans of the show formed a ""Save The Judy Garland Show committee"" and organized an early letter-writing campaign on behalf of the series but their efforts were not enough to spare the show from cancellation. The final ""Judy Garland Show"", another concert episode, was broadcast on March 29, 1964. Between 1999 and 2006 Pioneer"
"actress Judy Garland and her family. Garland gave birth to her son Joseph at the same hospital and on the same day Kennedy gave birth to her son Christopher. The couple had four children, all born in Santa Monica, California: Christopher Kennedy Lawford (1955-2018), Sydney Maleia Lawford (b. 1956), Victoria Francis Lawford (b. 1958), and Robin Elizabeth Lawford (b. 1961). Despite the glamorous persona Lawford presented, their relationship suffered strains as early as their brief engagement. Lawford had difficulty adjusting to Kennedy's steadfast Catholicism and her family's larger-than-life image. Kennedy could not tolerate Lawford's heavy drinking, extramarital affairs, and gradual"
"Sidney Luft Michael Sidney Luft (November 2, 1915 – September 15, 2005) was an American show business figure, the third husband of American actress and singer Judy Garland and the second husband of American actress Lynn Bari. Luft was born in New York City, to Jewish immigrants from Russia and Germany. His family moved to Westchester County, where he grew up. Luft was once an amateur boxer and bar-room brawler and had the nickname ""One-Punch Luft"". He was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and in the early 1940s was a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Company. Luft's"
"that she was physically unattractive. Those same executives manipulated her onscreen physical appearance. Into her adulthood, she was plagued by alcohol and substance abuse, as well as financial instability; she often owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. Her lifelong addiction to drugs and alcohol ultimately led to her death in London from a barbiturate overdose at age 47. Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She was the youngest child of Ethel Marion ( Milne) and Francis Avent ""Frank"" Gumm. Her parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to"
"(including the Hollywood blacklist.) Judy Garland - the famous star of movie musicals known for her personal problems and show-business “comebacks” - is hosting a live television special on Christmas Eve, with guest stars Bing Crosby, Liberace, Ethel Merman, Richard Nixon, Lillian Hellman and Joan Crawford. Judy’s guests smile and entertain when they’re on-camera but reveal their egos and rivalries during the off-camera breaks. A number of technical things go wrong behind the scenes and a suspicious-looking figure is seen lurking in the wings. Halfway through the program, the uninvited figure of Death enters and tells them that they are"
"Judy Garland."" Hoping to have a musical career, Summers and Milly Watson lost interest in school, played truant frequently and eventually quit school, only to find employment as a cinema attendant. By 1943, Colleen Summers, with Vivian Earles and June Widener, the sister of western swing guitarist-vocalist Jimmie Widener, formed the Sunshine Girls, a western trio who sang backup to Jimmy Wakely and his trio. They were regulars on ""The Hollywood Barn Dance"", a successful weekly CBS Radio program broadcast on Saturday nights, and hosted by Foy Willing and emceed by Cliffie Stone. In 1944, the Sunshine Girls trio appeared"
"devout Catholic, considered abortion to be a mortal sin. The family remained silent about the claim until Young and Lewis were both deceased. Judy Lewis Judy Lewis (born Judith Young; November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011) was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist. She was the secret biological daughter of actor Clark Gable and actress Loretta Young. Lewis was born on November 6, 1935 in Venice, California. She was conceived while her birth parents, Loretta Young and Clark Gable, were working on the film ""The Call of the Wild"". Gable was married at the time of Lewis's conception,"
"Connie Champagne Connie Champagne, née Kelly Kay Brock, born November 23, 1959 is an American singer, song-writer and actor. She won the ""SF Weekly"" Wammie Award for Outstanding Cabaret Performer. She is known for performing the character of actress, Judy Garland including ""Christmas With the Crawfords"" in 2001 and ""Imagine Judy Garland: An Evening With Connie Champagne"" in 2003. She won a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award (BACTC) for her role in ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"". Despite fierce competition by acclaimed Broadway actors including Phylicia Rashad, Champagne also earned Los Angeles' Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance"
"Lorna Luft Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and producer Sidney Luft, and half-sister to singer and actress Liza Minnelli. Luft was born in Santa Monica, California. She attended University High School in Los Angeles during her senior year and was a member of the school choir. Luft made her show business debut at age 11 singing ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"" on the 1963 Christmas episode of Garland's CBS television series, ""The Judy Garland Show"". Siblings Liza Minnelli"
"two men remained together until Brandon's death in 1990. Herron died of cancer in 1996, aged 67. Mark Herron Mark Herron (8 July 1928 – 13 January 1996) was an American actor and the fourth husband of singer and actress Judy Garland. They were married on November 14, 1965 in Las Vegas, but they separated after five months of marriage. Seventeen months later, Garland was granted a divorce after testifying that Herron had beaten her. He said he had ""only hit her in self defense."" Herron appeared in films such as Federico Fellini's ""8½"" (1963), ""Girl in Gold Boots"" (1968)"
"the actress and singer Judy Garland. They had no children, though Garland, according to biographer Gerald Clarke, underwent at least one abortion during the marriage, at the insistence of her mother, her husband, and the studio that employed her, MGM. Garland and Rose divorced in 1944. He had two daughters with his third wife, Betty Bartholomew. His granddaughter is singer-songwriter Samantha James. Rose was a live steam hobbyist, with his own backyard railroad. Rose died in Burbank, California at the age of 80 of a heart attack. He was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California."
"1960s when Garland arrives in the British capital for a five-week run of sell-out concerts. Principal photography for the film began on March 19, 2018, in London. The film will be distributed by Pathé. Judy (film) Judy is an upcoming British-American biographical musical-drama film directed by Rupert Goold. It is based on the life of American singer and actress Judy Garland, focusing on the late 1960s as she arrives in London for a run of sell-out concerts at the Talk of the Town. It is an adaptation of the Olivier and Tony nominated 2012 Broadway play ""End of the Rainbow"""
"Judy Lewis Judy Lewis (born Judith Young; November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011) was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist. She was the secret biological daughter of actor Clark Gable and actress Loretta Young. Lewis was born on November 6, 1935 in Venice, California. She was conceived while her birth parents, Loretta Young and Clark Gable, were working on the film ""The Call of the Wild"". Gable was married at the time of Lewis's conception, and Young concealed her pregnancy to avoid scandal. Weeks after her birth, Lewis was placed in an orphanage. Lewis would spend the next"
"Tammy Blanchard (young Judy) and Judy Davis (older Judy) in """" (2001), and Sigrid Thornton in """" (2015). Harvey Weinstein optioned """" and a stage show and film based on it were slated to star Anne Hathaway. Renée Zellweger is set to portray Garland in the upcoming biopic ""Judy"", which is expected to be released in 2019. On stage, Garland is a character in the musical ""The Boy from Oz"" (1998), portrayed by Chrissy Amphlett in the original Australian production and by Isabel Keating on Broadway in 2003. ""End of the Rainbow"" (2005) featured Caroline O'Connor as Garland and Paul"
"than being interred with Garland at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, his body was cremated and his ashes sent to an individual in Florida. Mickey Deans Mickey Deans (September 24, 1934 – July 11, 2003) was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth and last husband of actress and singer Judy Garland. Born Michael DeVinko in Garfield, New Jersey on September 24, 1934, Deans was the youngest of three children of Mary and Michael DeVinko. He grew up in a musical family, playing the piano and accordion. ""My parents encouraged him to be a musician, "" recalls his"
"their name to the Garland Sisters. Frances changed her name to ""Judy"" soon after, inspired by a popular Hoagy Carmichael song. The group broke up by August 1935, when Suzanne Garland flew to Reno, Nevada, and married musician Lee Kahn, a member of the Jimmy Davis orchestra playing at Cal-Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe. In September 1935, Louis B. Mayer asked songwriter Burton Lane to go to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles to watch the Garland Sisters' vaudeville act and to report to him. A few days later, Judy and her father were brought for an impromptu audition at"
"George Jessel in 1934. He encouraged the group to choose a more appealing name after ""Gumm"" was met with laughter from the audience. According to theater legend, their act was once erroneously billed at a Chicago theater as ""The Glum Sisters"". Several stories persist regarding the origin of the name ""Garland"". One is that it was originated by Jessel after Carole Lombard's character Lily Garland in the film ""Twentieth Century"", which was then playing at the Oriental; another is that the girls chose the surname after drama critic Robert Garland. Garland's daughter Lorna Luft stated that her mother selected the"
"Rainbow (1978 film) Rainbow is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical musical drama film which chronicles the early years of singer-actress Judy Garland, portrayed by Andrea McArdle. Directed by Jackie Cooper, the film was written by John McGreevey based on the 1975 book ""Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland"" by Christopher Finch. It originally aired on ""NBC Monday Night at the Movies"" on November 6, 1978. McArdle's casting as Judy Garland was heavily criticized at the time, as the actress did not resemble nor sound remotely like Garland. The early life and struggles of Judy Garland during her early years"
"nightclub in Manhattan, later working as the manager of the popular discothèque Arthur. In 1966, according to Deans' book ""Weep No More, My Lady,"" he met actress and singer Judy Garland at her hotel in New York City. A mutual friend of theirs asked Deans to deliver a package of stimulant tablets to Garland. Deans recalled that she seemed cordial but disoriented. Because Garland's two youngest children were present, Deans felt it appropriate to introduce himself as a doctor. After three years of intermittent dating, Deans proposed, and they were married on March 15, 1969 in London. Deans worked to"
"End of the Rainbow End of the Rainbow is a musical drama by Peter Quilter, which focuses on Judy Garland in the months leading up to her death in 1969. After a Sydney premiere in 2005, the show has played on the West End in London and a Broadway production opened in 2012. Judy Garland is staying in London, along with young new fiancé Mickey Deans and loyal friend and pianist Anthony, preparing for her five-week run of shows at The Talk of the Town. Garland hopes that her act will help her maintain her star profile, especially considering a"
"in Garland not winning the Academy Award that year for Best Actress. As a result, the studio canceled the Luft–Garland contract, which would have starred Judy in two additional Warner films and given Luft a berth at Warner's as a producer. He was married five times: Sidney Luft died on September 15, 2005 in Santa Monica, California, apparently of a heart attack, at the age of 89. Sidney Luft Michael Sidney Luft (November 2, 1915 – September 15, 2005) was an American show business figure, the third husband of American actress and singer Judy Garland and the second husband of"
"Tammy Blanchard Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She has worked primarily in films and television, making her professional debut in the soap opera ""Guiding Light"". For her first stage appearance, she played the role of Louise/Gypsy in the 2003 Broadway revival of the musical ""Gypsy"", for which she earned both a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award. She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her portrayal of a teenage Judy Garland in the television film ""."" She also appeared as Hedy"
"Beverly Garland Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science fiction movies. On television, she had prominent recurring roles on several popular series. She may be best remembered as Barbara Harper Douglas, the woman who married widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) in the latter years of the sitcom ""My Three Sons"". She played in that role from 1969 until the series concluded in 1972. In the 1980s, she co-starred as"
"a number of events including 'Broadway Cares', and at Cabaret venues in New York. Wollaston moved to London in 2014 to pursue a career on London's west end. Following lead roles in the ""Spitfire Grill"" at the Union Theatre (2015), and after a successful run of ""Through The Mill"" at the London Theatre Workshop (2015) and the Southwark Playhouse (2016), Wollaston made her West End debut in Ray Rackham's re-titled ""Judy!"" She reprised her original role, playing Judy Garland during her palace years at the Arts Theatre London. In 2016 Wollaston was nominated for Broadway World's Best Lead Actress in"
"woman to win the award. Garland's career had moved from movies in the 1940s, to vaudeville and elaborate stage shows in the 1950s. She also suffered from drug and alcohol abuse, and, by 1959, had become overweight and ill and needed extensive medical treatment. After a long convalescence, weight loss, and vocal rest, she returned in 1960 to the concert stage with a simple program of ""just Judy"". Garland's 1960–1961 tour of Europe and North America was a success, and her stage presence was highly regarded. Eventually Garland was billed as ""The World's Greatest Entertainer"". Audiences were documented as leaving"
"most superb voice she had ever heard"", while singer and actor Bing Crosby said that ""no other singer could be compared to her"" when Garland was rested. Garland was known for interacting with her audiences during live performances; a ""New York Times"" biographer wrote that Garland possessed ""a seemingly unquenchable need for her audiences to respond with acclaim and affection. And often, they did, screaming, 'We love you, Judy - we love you.'"" Garland explained in 1961, ""A really great reception makes me feel like I have a great big warm heating pad all over me ... I truly have"
"Mickey Deans Mickey Deans (September 24, 1934 – July 11, 2003) was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth and last husband of actress and singer Judy Garland. Born Michael DeVinko in Garfield, New Jersey on September 24, 1934, Deans was the youngest of three children of Mary and Michael DeVinko. He grew up in a musical family, playing the piano and accordion. ""My parents encouraged him to be a musician, "" recalls his sister, Caroline Tassely. ""He was very talented and played popular music in clubs in the fifties and sixties."" He played the piano at Jilly's, a"
"June 2015, Luft revealed that her cancer had reemerged. Consequently, the UK tour of ""Judy - The Songbook of Judy Garland"" concluded early on July 11, and she returned to the United States for surgical treatment. In March 2018, Luft was diagnosed with a brain tumour after collapsing following a London performance. In late March, Luft underwent surgery to remove the brain tumour. The surgery was successful, and Luft has since recovered. Lorna Luft Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland"
"Grace Garland Grace Garland (born New York City, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter, author and actress. She rose to fame in the early 1980s playing Vera Vanderbilt on the TV series ""All My Children"". She later went on to become a series regular on ""The Apollo Comedy Hour"" (1993–1995) TV series filmed at the famous Harlem Apollo Theater. She has played a number of notable film roles, including Q's (Omar Epps) mother in ""Juice"" (1992), and Dr. Love in ""30 Years to Life"". She also made a guest appearance on ""The Cosby Show"" (1992) playing Maxine. She was an original"
"were signing autographs. Security had to be called to help guide the two computer advice experts to their car."" In 2000, Botello left ""The Screen Savers"" to co-host ""Gamespot TV"", a video game review show, with Adam Sessler. In February 2001 the show was renamed ""Extended Play"". She also co-hosted a TechTV video on computer basics with Chris Pirillo. Botello left TechTV in 2002 and moved to Brooklyn, New York where she worked on Broadway as a freelance actor, singer and playwright. In her time there, she starred Off-Broadway as Judy Garland in the cabaret musical, ""Judy Garland and the"
"Singleton and Buster Wilson. Renamed Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, the group then made a significant series of recordings on the Crescent Records label. Garland appeared in the 1959 film ""Imitiation of Life"", performing with Andrew Blakeney, Teddy Buckner, George Orendorf and Joe Darensbourg in the funeral sequence (""Trouble of the World"") featuring Mahalia Jackson. Ed Garland died in London, England. Ed Garland Edward Bertram Garland (January 9, 1895 – January 22, 1980) was a New Orleans jazz string bass player. He was commonly known as ""Ed Garland"", and sometimes ""Montudie Garland"" (a nickname he disliked). Ed Garland was born"
"Liza Minnelli Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. Best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in ""Cabaret"" (1972), she is noted for her energetic stage presence and her powerful Mezzo-Soprano singing voice. She is the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli. She is of Italian and mixed European descent. Seeking theatrical work, Minnelli moved to New York City in 1961, where she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer and traditional pop recording artist. She made her professional stage debut in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of ""Best Foot Forward"""
"name when Jessel announced that the trio ""looked prettier than a garland of flowers"". A TV special was filmed in Hollywood at the Pantages Theatre premiere of ""A Star Is Born"" on September 29, 1954, in which Jessel stated: A later explanation surfaced when Jessel was a guest on Garland's television show in 1963. He said that he had sent actress Judith Anderson a telegram containing the word ""garland"" and it stuck in his mind. However, Garland asked Jessel just moments later if this story was true, and he blithely replied ""No"". By late 1934, the Gumm Sisters had changed"