Judy Garland
10 June, 1922
Full Name: Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm); Profession: American actress, singer, television host, dancer, and vaudevillian. Nationality: American, Born: June 10, 1922, Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States, Generation: Greatest Generation (World War II generation, generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927), Chinese Zodiac: Water Dog (1922 is a Year of the Dog, specifically the Water Dog, running from January 28, 1922, to February 15, 1923), Zodiac Sign: Gemini (Sun in Gemini for those born on June 10 under the tropical zodiac), Age in 2026: would be 104 years old if living (104 years after her birth in 1922), Marital Status: Deceased; previously married five times, to composer David Rose, film director Vincente Minnelli, producer and manager Sidney Luft, actor Mark Herron, and musician Mickey Deans (all marriages ending before or upon her death). Children: three – actress and singer Liza Minnelli with Vincente Minnelli, and Lorna Luft and Joey Luft with Sidney Luft. Description: Iconic star of classic Hollywood and American popular music whose career spanned roughly 45 of her 47 years, beginning in vaudeville with the Gumm Sisters and extending through her MGM musical films, radio, recordings, television work and legendary concert appearances; she attained international stardom for her emotionally charged voice, dynamic stage presence and dramatic acting, becoming especially famous for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and for introducing the standard “Over the Rainbow,” and later for films such as “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “A Star Is Born” and “Judgment at Nuremberg” that showcased her ability to embody vulnerability, resilience and longing on screen; over the course of her career she received a Juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe, multiple Grammy Awards including a Grammy for the live album “Judy at Carnegie Hall,” a Special Tony Award and the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement, while also enduring intense pressures from the studio system, body‑image criticism, financial troubles and long‑term struggles with depression and substance dependence, circumstances that made her life story a poignant example of the costs of fame yet helped cement her as a beloved queer and pop‑culture icon whose influence on singers, actors and filmmakers across subsequent generations remains profound, Cause of Death: accidental barbiturate overdose in her rented home in the Chelsea district of London, England, on June 22 1969, at age 47.