Judy Garland

Judy Garland 19221969 was an American actress and singer After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters Garland was signed to MetroGoldwynMayer There she made more than two dozen films including nine with Mickey Rooney and The Wizard of Oz After fifteen years Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through concert appearances and later a return to acting Through a career Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles as a recording artist and on the concert stage She received a juvenile Academy Award a Golden Globe Award as well as a Grammy Award and a Special Tony Award She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for A Star is Born 1954 and Best Supporting Actress for Judgement at Nuremberg 1961 At forty she was the youngest recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry In 1997 Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame In 1999 the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema