In a career that spanned more than forty years, Judy Garland performed on stages, screen and television. Garland appeared in over forty films. She was nominated for multiple Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, receiving an Academy Juvenile Award and one Golden Globe. Her film career was interrupted in 1951 after she was cast in a series of films she was unable to complete, but she returned to the screen in 1954 in A Star Is Born and continued to appear in films until 1963.
Although Garland appeared in concert as early as 1943, it was only when her film career stalled that she began regular concert appearances, beginning with a critically acclaimed 1951 concert series at the London Palladium. Garland set a record when she appeared for 19 weeks at the Palace Theatre in New York City, also in 1951, and her 1961 concert Judy at Carnegie Hall is often described as one of the greatest nights in show business history. She continued to tour until just three months prior to her death in 1969.
Garland starred in a series of television specials beginning in 1955, when she appeared in the first episode of Ford Star Jubilee. The success of these specials led CBS to offer Garland a regular series. The Judy Garland Show premiered in 1963. Although the show was critically well-received, it suffered in the Nielsen ratings from being scheduled across from Bonanza, which was then the most popular show on the air. The Judy Garland Show was canceled after one season but Garland and the series were nominated for Emmy Awards.
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| 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. Short film. First role at MGM. |
| 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 |
| Babes in Arms | 1939 |
Patsy Barton. Garland was honored with an Academy Juvenile Award |
| 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 |
| Ziegfeld Follies | 1945 | The Star ("The Great Lady Has An Interview" number) |
| The Harvey Girls | 1946 | Susan Bradley |
| 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 |
Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett). 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) |
| Judgment at Nuremberg |
1961 |
Mrs. Irene Hoffman Wallner. Garland received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for |
| Gay Purr-ee | 1962 | Mewsette (voice only) |
| A Child Is Waiting | 1963 | Jean Hansen |
| I Could Go On Singing | 1963 | Jenny Bowman |
Garland appeared in concert over 1,100 times.[9] 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.[10] |
| 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.[11] |
| 1956 | New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada | Garland performed a four-week stand for a salary of $55,000 per week, making her the highest-paid entertainer to work in Las Vegas to date. Despite a brief bout of laryngitis, her performances there were so successful that her run was extended an extra week.[12] |
| May 11, 1959 | New York City | Opens at the Metropolitan Opera House, 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 was 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 she was heckled and jeered by an 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. |
| December 25 & 27, 1967 | New York | Appeared at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum theatre. |
| March 25, 1969 | Copenhagen | Garland's final concert, at the Falkoner Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Key Garland television appearances include:
| Date | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 24, 1955[13] | Ford Star Jubilee | CBS | The first full-scale color telecast on CBS.[14] |
| April 8, 1956[15] | General Electric Theater | CBS | Slated to be the first of a series of CBS specials under a three-year, $300,000 contract with Garland, this was the only one produced before the relationship between Garland and husband Sid Luft and CBS broke down in a dispute over the planned format of upcoming specials.[16] |
| February 25, 1962 | The Judy Garland Show | CBS | Featured Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Nominated for four Emmy Awards.[17] |
| March 19, 1963[18] | 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.[19] |
| December 1, 1964 | Judy and Liza at the Palladium | ITV | Broadcast of the November 1964 appearance with Liza Minnelli. |
| January 19, 1969[20] | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | ITV |