Judy Garland

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June Preisser holds Mickey Rooney's arm while Judy Garland stands to the right, all in costume, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940).

Collage of Oz: Emerald City backdrop, illustrated Dorothy, woman with dog, Dorothy holding Toto, and a hand holding the book Wicked.

Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, and Jack Haley as the Tin Man stand together on the Yellow Brick Road in a forest scene from The Wizard of Oz.

Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland stand together smiling in a scene from Meet Me in St. Louis, with Garland wearing a ruffled dress and O'Brien in a nightgown.

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dance energetically together on stage in a scene from the 1948 film Easter Parade, with an audience seated in the background.

Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch in a stone-walled room from The Wizard of Oz.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion run arm in arm through a field of poppies in The Wizard of Oz.

Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett, also known as Vicki Lester, stands in front of a piano wearing an embellished dress in a scene from the 1954 film A Star is Born.

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Judy Garland

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Judy Garland: Media

American singer and actress

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Collage of Oz: Emerald City backdrop, illustrated Dorothy, woman with dog, Dorothy holding Toto, and a hand holding the book Wicked.

Why We Keep Telling the Story of Oz

Down the yellow brick road...

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland

A 1945 headshot of Garland.

Brown Brothers

June Preisser holds Mickey Rooney's arm while Judy Garland stands to the right, all in costume, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940).

Strike Up the Band

(From left) June Preisser, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band...

© 1940 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection

Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, and Jack Haley as the Tin Man stand together on the Yellow Brick Road in a forest scene from The Wizard of Oz.

Scene from The Wizard of Oz

(From left) Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley in The Wizard...

© 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection

Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland stand together smiling in a scene from Meet Me in St. Louis, with Garland wearing a ruffled dress and O'Brien in a nightgown.

Meet Me in St. Louis

Judy Garland (right) and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).

© 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dance energetically together on stage in a scene from the 1948 film Easter Parade, with an audience seated in the background.

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade (1948).

© 1948 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection

Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch in a stone-walled room from The Wizard of Oz.

scene from The Wizard of Oz

(From left) the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Scarecrow...

© 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

(From left) The Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), Dorothy (Judy...

© 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion run arm in arm through a field of poppies in The Wizard of Oz.

A scene from The Wizard of Oz

(Left to right) Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Judy Garland,...

© 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett, also known as Vicki Lester, stands in front of a piano wearing an embellished dress in a scene from the 1954 film A Star is Born.

Judy Garland in A Star Is Born

Judy Garland in A Star Is Born (1954), directed by George Cukor.

© 1954 Warner Brothers, Inc.

Mickey Rooney sits at a piano smiling up at Judy Garland, who stands beside him in a dress, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940).

Strike Up the Band

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band (1940), directed by...

© 1940 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection

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