SEEING Tracie Bennett in ''End of the Rainbow'' isn't the only way to encounter the spirit and legacy of Judy Garland in the New York region. Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli have always been ripe for impersonation, and several performers continue that tradition. ''Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli Live at Mama's!,'' a long-running show on select...
LAST Saturday I invited my friend Brodie, a 30ish gay man like myself, to a preview performance of ''End of the Rainbow,'' Peter Quilter's play about the final days of Judy Garland. In the course of that invitation, I asked him if he was a Judy fan, and he said, ''No, but she was good in 'The Wizard of Oz.' '' That's the kind of answer I might...
As befits a play about Judy Garland, a woman known for liberally mixing her pills, Peter Quilter's ''End of the Rainbow'' is a jolting upper and downer at the same time. After watching Tracie Bennett's electrifying interpretation of Garland in the intense production that opened on Monday night at the Belasco Theater, you feel exhilarated and...
Judy Garland (oprindeligt Frances Ethel Gumm) (10. juni 1922 - 22. juni 1969) var en amerikansk skuespiller og sanger.
Judy Garland blev født i 1922 i Grand Rapids, Minnesota og fik kælenavnet: "Den lille fugl med den store stemme".
Frances Ethel Gumm var opkaldt efter sin far Francis "Frank" Gumm og mor Ethel Milne.
Hendes kendingsmelodi var "Over the Rainbow" stammende fra musicalfilmen Troldmanden fra Oz (eng. The Wizard of Oz), som havde premiere i 1939. Senere var hun med i filmene Mød mig i St. Louis og Easter Parade og En stjerne fødes.
Hun var gift 5 gange: først med David Rose (1941-1944), så med Vincente Minnelli (1945-1951), som hun fik Liza Minnelli med, så med Sidney Luft (1952-1965), som hun fik Lorna Luft og Joey Luft med, derefter med Mark Herron (1965-1969) og til sidst med Mickey Deans (1969-hendes død). Fold ud