When was Judy Garland born?
Q: When was Judy Garland born?
A: Judy Garland was born on June 10, 1922.
Q: What awards did she win during her career?
A: During her career, Judy Garland won a Juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Actress" for her role in the remake of A Star is Born and "Best Supporting Actress" for her performance in the 1961 movie Judgment at Nuremberg. Additionally, she was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the movie industry.
Q: How many movies did she make with MGM?
A: Judy Garland made more than two dozen MGM movies over 15 years with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Nine of these movies co-starred Mickey Rooney and her most famous MGM movie was The Wizard of Oz of 1939.
Q: Who were Judy Garland's children?
A: Judy Garland had three children - Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft.
Q: What kind of struggles did she have throughout her life?
A: Throughout her life, Judy Garland struggled with feeling insecure about how she looked due to comments from movie executives who told her she didn't look good enough; they even changed the way she looked physically in movies. She also had financial problems often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes as well as long struggles with alcohol and drug use during most of her career which eventually led to an accidental drug overdose at age 47.
Q: When did Judy receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award?
A: In 1997, several years after her death, Judy received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
