Character Catalog

Musical film directed by Victor Fleming in which Judy Garland plays Dorothy. Her first major film role earned her a special honorary Academy Award and the film remains one of the most-watched movies in American cinema history.

Musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli, who would later become her husband. A critical and popular success, it cemented Judy Garland's status as one of Hollywood's greatest musical actresses.

Musical film directed by George Cukor in which Judy Garland delivers a critically acclaimed performance. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the film marked her triumphant comeback after years of personal struggles.

Stanley Kramer's dramatic film about the Nuremberg trials. Judy Garland plays a brief but memorable dramatic role that earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Double album recorded at the legendary concert of April 23, 1961. It won five Grammy Awards in 1962, including Album of the Year, and remains one of the most important live recordings in American popular music.

Song written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, performed in The Wizard of Oz. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was named the greatest song of the 20th century by the American Film Institute in 2001.

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. I was not a child star. I was an adult star who happened to be a child.

They had me on a treadmill. I had to look a certain way, sing a certain way, be a certain age. I was never allowed just to be myself.

Whatever you do, don't let them change who you are. Hollywood will try. But your voice, your real voice, is the only thing that's truly yours.

Miss Garland performed with such authority and passion that the Carnegie Hall audience rose to its feet again and again. It was not merely a concert; it was a communion.

Judy Garland's birthplace, where she was born on June 10, 1922. Her childhood home is now a museum dedicated to her memory.

The place where Judy Garland signed her first contract at age 12 and filmed her greatest movies, including The Wizard of Oz. These studios embody the Hollywood studio system of the golden age — the same system that made and broke her career.

The site of her legendary concert on April 23, 1961, widely regarded as one of the greatest live musical events of the 20th century. That night, Judy Garland triumphed before a standing audience for over two hours.

Judy Garland performed multiple times at the London Palladium and found a devoted, passionate audience in England. It was in London that she died on June 22, 1969, in her Chelsea apartment.

A landmark of American vaudeville where Judy Garland gave a series of triumphant concerts in 1951, marking her return to the stage after her dismissal from MGM and cementing her legend as a survivor.