Judy Garland is the fifth mother (of Liza, Lorna and Joey) on my patchwork. She is pictured here as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Cinematographer: Harold Rosson. Taken from a Barbican leaflet, below.
She was performing from a very young age. Her parents were vaudevillians.
She died in London at the age of 47.
Film Men told her she was unattractive and manipulated her appearance. She was only sixteen when she made The Wizard Of Oz. The bastards put her on a strict diet and gave her pills and tobacco to suppress her appetite.
Apparently, it was the norm at MGM to give out ‘pep pills’ to child stars, and then sleeping pills at the end of the day. Garland battled with this kind of shit for the rest of her too-short life.
Judy and Lorna are part of my ongoing blanket project. Started January, 2015.
My friend, Laura, penned a Dorothy-related post recently, too.
See the full patchwork here, or follow my progress on Instagram.
Ha! How funny that Judy should be the subject of discussion again so soon after our chat about ruby slippers. Poor tragic Judy.
Yes 🙂
I’ve always loved her and grieved all the things that went wrong for her.
Yes, feeling even sadder about it now, having read a few different accounts.
Yes, and as time goes on I appreciate her talent and achievements even more, understanding what she had to go through to do what she did.
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