She hosted The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964), which earned two Emmy nominations, and was nominated for Academy Awards for her performances in A Star Is Born (1954) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
Her songs “Over the Rainbow” and “Meet Me in St. Louis,” which are from two of her most well-known movies, became hits for the star.
She was also a popular recording artist. Her performance LP Judy at Carnegie Hall earned her the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1962, making her the first female recipient of the honor.
Garland’s career took off thanks to The Wizard of Oz, but her time on site wasn’t very magical. She was given amphetamines, or “pep pills,” to keep her energized and trim while filming Oz.
Barbiturates were administered to her at night to aid with her sleep. Garland suffered from addiction as a result, and she died of an unintentional overdose in 1969 at the age of 47.
In his posthumous biography, Garland’s ex-husband Sid Luft also claimed that several of the actors who portrayed the Munchkins had harassed her on multiple occasions.
