List of Judy Garland biographies

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The following is a list of biographies of the legendary performer Judy Garland.

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Author Title Publication date Publisher Notes
Gerald Clarke Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland 2003 Random House
David Dahl and Barry Kehoe Young Judy 1975 Mason/Charter
Mickey Deans and Ann Pinchot Weep No More, My Lady 1972 G. K. Hall Co-authored by Garland's last husband.
Al DiOrio, Jr. Little Girl Lost: The Life and Hard Times of Judy Garland 1973 Arlington House
Anne Edwards Judy Garland 1975 Pocket Books
Christopher Finch Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland 1976 Ballantine
Patricia Fox-Sheinwold Too Young to Die 1979; 1982 Bell Publishing Company Includes a chapter on Garland
Gerold Frank Judy 1975 Harper & Row
John Fricke Judy Garland: World's Greatest Entertainer 1992 Henry Holt & Co.
John Fricke Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote 2003 Bullfinch
James Juneau Judy Garland: A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies 1974 Pyramid Communications
Lorna Luft Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir 1988 Simon and Schuster Written by Garland's daughter. Served as the basis of an Emmy award-winning television film.
John Meyer Heartbreaker 1983
2006
Doubleday
Citadel
Rito Piro Judy Garland, The Golden Years 2001 Great Feats Press The only biography to include a detailed family tree and history provided by Garland's maternal family.
Coyne Steven Sanders Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show 1990 William Morrow & Co. Focuses on Garland's television series, The Judy Garland Show
Scott Schechter Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend 2002 Cooper Square Press / Rowman-Littlefield
David Shipman Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend 1993 Little Brown and Company
Lorna Smith Judy, With Love 1975 Robert Hale and Co.
Adela Rogers St. Johns Some Are Born Great 1974 Doubleday & Company, Inc Includes a chapter on Garland
Brad Steiger Judy Garland 1969 Ace Books
Mel Tormé The Other Side of the Rainbow: On the Dawn Patrol With Judy Garland 1976 Award Books "Tell-all" book written about Tormé's time as musical director of The Judy Garland Show
Ethlie Ann Vare, ed. Rainbow: A Star-Studded Tribute to Judy Garland 1998 Boulevard Books Collection of previously published material about Garland. Forward by Michael Musto.
Thomas J. Watson and Bill Chapman Judy: Portrait of an American Legend 1986 McGraw-Hill Book Company
Jane Ellen Wayne The Golden Girls of MGM 2003 Carroll and Graf Includes a chapter on Garland

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Year Title Series Network Notes
1961 Hollywood Hist-o-rama Theatrical short covering Garland's career through A Star is Born, glossing over any mention of Garland's problems
1972 Judy: Impressions of Garland Omnibus BBC
1975 Judy/The Ultra Secret 60 Minutes CBS
1978 Judy Garland The Hollywood Greats BBC
1978 Rainbow NBC Biopic focusing on the earlier years of Garland's life
1999 Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow Biography A&E
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ABC Multi-award winning biopic based on the Luft memoir
2001 Last Days of Judy Garland E! True Hollywood Story E!
2004 Judy Garland: By Myself American Masters PBS Won two Emmy awards and nominated for three more

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Year Title Author Starring Notes
2003 The Boy from Oz Nick Enright Isabel Keating Musical based on the life of Peter Allen
2006 The Property Known as Garland Billy Van Zandt Adrienne Barbeau Based on tape recordings made by Garland on the night of her final concert appearance, in Copenhagen in 1969.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Isherwood, Charles. "At the Actors' Playhouse, Adrienne Barbeau Is Judy Garland", The New York Times, 2006-03-24. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.