5 things you didn't know about Judy Garland

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Judy Garland - Mini Biography
Judy Garland - Mini Biography



Happy Birthday, Judy Garland! The legendary singer and actress was born on this day in history, June 10th, 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

Here are five things you may not know about Garland:

1. Judy Garland's real name was Frances Ethel Gumm.

2. The daughter of a stage mother, Garland and her sisters were part of a vaudeville act called the "Gumm Sisters."

3. While shooting "The Wizard of Oz," Garland couldn't stop laughing while filming the scene in which Dorothy slaps the Cowardly Lion. The director, Victor Fleming, took her aside and slapped her. Afterwards she returned to set and completed the scene in one take.

4. Garland only saw "The Wizard of Oz" for the first time in its entirety a year after it was released, due to her hectic schedule.

5. It took three days and 27 takes for Garland to shoot the unforgettable song "The Man That Got Away" in the film "A Star Is Born." Garland said that she "would try to make the electricians and the cameramen and the others react to the song. Only when they had shown the emotion [it] was supposed to evoke did I feel I had reached them."




Watch Judy Garland's masterful performance of "The Man That Got Away" below:


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