List of Judy Garland performances

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Lists of the appearances by Judy Garland in film, television and concert.

Contents

[edit] Filmography

Film[1][2] Year Role
The Big Revue 1929 Herself, with the Gumm Sisters
A Holiday in Storyland 1930 Herself, with the Gumm Sisters. Includes Garland's first solo number, "Blue Butterfly."
Bubbles 1930 Herself, with the Gumm Sisters.
The Wedding of Jack and Jill 1930 Herself, with the Gumm Sisters
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara 1935 Herself, with the Garland Sisters
Every Sunday 1936 Judy
Pigskin Parade 1936 Sairy Dodd
Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 Betty Clayton
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937 Cricket West
Everybody Sing 1938 Judy Bellaire
Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938 Betsy Booth
Listen, Darling 1938 "Pinkie" Wingate
The Wizard of Oz 1939 Dorothy Gale. Garland was honored with an Academy Juvenile Award "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year."[3]
Babes in Arms 1939 Patsy Barton
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940 Betsy Booth
Strike Up the Band 1940 Mary Holden
Little Nellie Kelly 1940 Nellie Noonan Kelly, Little Nellie Kelly
Ziegfeld Girl 1941 Susan Gallagher
Life Begins for Andy Hardy 1941 Miss Betsy Booth
Babes on Broadway 1941 Penny Morris
We Must Have Music 1942 Herself
For Me and My Gal 1942 Jo Hayden
Thousands Cheer 1943 Herself
Presenting Lily Mars 1943 Lily Mars
Girl Crazy 1943 Ginger Gray
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Esther Smith
The Clock 1945 Alice Mayberry
The Harvey Girls 1946 Susan Bradley
Ziegfeld Follies 1946 The Star in "The Great Lady Has An Interview" Number
'Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 Marilyn Miller
Words and Music 1948 Herself
The Pirate 1948 Manuela Ava
Easter Parade 1948 Hannah Brown
In the Good Old Summertime 1949 Veronica Fisher
Summer Stock 1950 Jane Falbury
A Star Is Born 1954 Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester. Garland won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.[3][4]
Pepe 1960 Herself (voice only)
Judgement at Nuremberg 1961 Mrs. Irene Hoffman Wallner. Garland received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress.[3][4]
Gay Purr-ee 1962 Mewsette (voice only)
A Child Is Waiting 1963 Jean Hansen
I Could Go On Singing 1963 Jenny Bowman

[edit] Unfinished films

  • The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) - Garland was taking prescription sleeping medication along with illicitly obtained pills containing morphine. These in combination with migraine headaches led Garland to miss several shooting days in a row. After being advised by Garland's doctor that she would only be able to work in four- to five-day increments with extended rest periods between, MGM executive Arthur Freed made the decision to suspend Garland on July 18, 1948. She was replaced with Ginger Rogers.[5]
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - Garland was nervous at the prospect of taking on a role strongly identified with Ethel Merman, was anxious about appearing in an unglamourous role after breaking from juvenile parts for several years and disturbed by her treatment at the hands of director Busby Berkeley. She began arriving late to the set and would sometimes not show up at all. She was suspended from the picture on May 10, 1949 and replaced with Betty Hutton.[6]
  • Royal Wedding (1951) - Having been called in to replace a pregnant June Allyson, Garland again failed to report to the set on multiple occasions after costume tests and rehearsals with Fred Astaire and director Charles Walters (he too was to be replaced by Stanley Donen). The studio suspended her contract on June 17, 1950 and she was replaced with Jane Powell.[7]
  • Valley of the Dolls (1967) - Garland was cast as Helen Lawson in the film version of Jacqueline Susann's bestseller featuring the charactero of Neely O'Hara (played by Patty Duke), who was largely based upon Garland herself. As with previous projects, Garland missed days of work, blew repeated takes and delayed production by refusing to leave her dressing room. She was replaced in April 1967 with Susan Hayward.[8]

[edit] Concerts

Garland appeared in concert hundreds of times over the course of her career. Listed below are some of her key concert performances.

Date Location Notes
July 10, 1943 Philadelphia Gives first solo concert at the Robin Hood Dell; Andre Kostelanetz conducts the orchestra.[9]
April 9, 1951 London Garland opens her new show at the London Palladium; the show is performed twice nightly with Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
July 1, 1951 Dublin Performs in Ireland at the Theatre Royal, Dublin for 14 sold-out performances where her show was performed for 50,000 people which was unprecedented for the time. Upon arrival in Dublin, she was met by huge crowds to whom she sang from her dressing room window.[7]
October 16, 1951 New York City The legendary Palace Theater opening - the show runs for 19 weeks and breaks all box office records. She returns from 11/16/51 - 2/24/52.[10]
May 11, 1959 New York City Opens at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Centre in New York for a 7 night run.
October 3, 5 1960 Paris Palais de Chaillot, dubbed by French critics "La Piaf Americaine"
October 28, 29 1960 Paris Concert at the famed Olympia
October 1960 Amsterdam The concert is broadcast live on European radio and is considered to be on a par with the Carnegie Hall performance the following year.[7]
April 23, 1961 New York City The legendary concert at Carnegie Hall.
September 16, 1961 Los Angeles, CA Performs the Carnegie Hall concert at the Hollywood Bowl to sold out audience in spite of heavy rain.
May, 1964 Sydney/Melbourne Perhaps Garland's most unsuccessful tour and causes much controversy. The reviews for the two Sydney concerts were positive. However, the Melbourne portion of the tour was a disaster for her. The audience was angry over her late appearance and she clearly was under the influence of medication or alcohol which made her unable to remember lyrics and to slur those that she did remember. She left the stage in tears after only 20 minutes. It was the first time in her career that she received negative notices and was heckled and jeered at by an angry audience.[7]
November 8, 15 1964 London Performs at the London Palladium with daughter Liza Minnelli in a one-off event for ITV. The concert is recorded and released as a 2 record album LP set by Capitol Records.
July 31, 1967 New York City Returns to the Palace Theatre for a 4 week sold-out run.
August 31, 1967 Boston Largest audience; over 100,000 people attend her free outdoor concert on the Boston Common.
March 25, 1969 Copenhagen Garland's final concert, at the Falkoner Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[edit] Television

Key Garland television appearances include:

Date Title Network Notes
September 24, 1955[11] Ford Star Jubilee CBS The first full-scale color telecast on CBS.[12]
April 8, 1956[13] General Electric Theater CBS
February 25, 1962 The Judy Garland Show CBS Nominated for four Emmy awards.[14]
March 19, 1963[15] Judy Garland and Her Guests Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet CBS Nominated for an Emmy.
September 29, 1963 - March 29, 1964 The Judy Garland Show CBS Garland's only regular series. Canceled after one season and 26 episodes. Garland and the series were Emmy-nominated.[16]
December 1, 1964 Judy and Liza at the Palladium ITV Broadcast of the November 1964 appearance with Liza Minnelli.
January 19, 1969[2] Sunday Night at the London Palladium ITV

[edit] References

  1. ^ Finch, Christopher (1975). Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland. Ballantine Books, 43-47. ISBN 0345251733 (paperback edition). 
  2. ^ a b Edwards, Anne (1975). Judy Garland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 671802283 (paperback edition). 
  3. ^ a b c Judy Garland. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  4. ^ a b Judy Garland. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  5. ^ Shipman, David (1975). Judy Garland, The Secret Life of an American Legend. Harper & Row, 225-6. ISBN 0786880260 (paperback edition). 
  6. ^ Clarke, Gerald (2000). Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland. New York: Random House, 250-5. ISBN 0375503781. 
  7. ^ a b c d Frank, Gerold (1975). Judy. Harper & Row. ISBN 0306808943. 
  8. ^ Seaman, Barbara (1996). Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann. New York: Seven Stories Press, 292-3, 343. ISBN 096587706 (1996 edition). 
  9. ^ DiOrio, Jr., Al (1973). Little Girl Lost: The Life and Hard Times of Judy Garland. Manor Books. 
  10. ^ St. Johns, Adela Rogers (1974). Some Are Born Great. Doubleday & Company. 
  11. ^ Parsons, Louella. "TV Spectacular Gives New Rainbow to Judy", The Daily Review, 1955-09-23. 
  12. ^ Sanders, Coyne Steven (1990). Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show. Zebra Books, 16. ISBN 0821737082 (paperback edition). 
  13. ^ Sanders 19
  14. ^ Awards for The Judy Garland Show (1962). Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  15. ^ Sanders 65
  16. ^ Awards for The Judy Garland Show (1963). Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Judy: The Complete Films and Career of Judy Garland, Joe Morella and Edward Epstein, Citadel Press, 1969
  • The Judy Garland Collector's Guide: An Unauthorized Reference and Price Guide, Edward R. Pardella, Schiffer Publishing, 1999
  • The Judy Garland Souvenir Songbook, Howard Harnne, Chappel & Co./Hal Leonard Publishing, 1975
  • The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, John Fricke, Jay Scarfone and William Stillman, Warner Books, 1989
  • The ARSC Journal, Lawrence Schulman, Vol. 25 No. 2 (Fall 1994), Vol. 26 No. 2 (Fall 1995), Vol. 31 No. 1 (Spring 2000), Vol 32 No. 1 (Spring 2001), Vol. 34 No. 1 (Spring 2003) for extensive sound recording reviews