Judy Garland Overview

Biography

Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN. She was born into a family of vaudevillians and joined her older sisters in performing at their parents' Minnesota theater at a young age. The Gumm family relocated to Lancaster, CA in 1926, and Garland began studying dance properly two years later. Following a few...