Which character did Judy Garland play in Meet Me in St. Louis?

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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful. — Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (right) with Lana Turner (left) during the filming of *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952).

In the 1944 musical film Meet Me in St. Louis, Judy Garland played the character Esther Smith.12

Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the film follows the Smith family in the lead-up to the 1904 World’s Fair. Esther Smith is the teenage daughter whose romance with the boy next door serves as a central element of the story.12