Judy Garland

Judy Garland's Childhood Home Is For Sale—and It's Not In Kansas

... no place like Judy Garland‘s childhood home, which, surprisingly enough, is located in Lancaster, CA,  a good hour-and-a-half drive northeast of  Los Angeles. Although the Antelope Valley town is a bit remote, and not one of the Golden State’s more glamorous locales, you just can’t brush the stardust off the property that’s currently on the market for $550,000. Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm in 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN, and her family headed west in 1926. In search of the limelight, the budding star and father Frank, mother Ethel, and older sisters Mary Jane and Virginia settled in Southern California in the late 1920 s. Related Articles. Exclusive: Debbie Reynolds' Childhood Home for Sale Offers a Unique Glimpse Into Her Life. Her dad intended to buy a theater where his three daughters could sing and dance. After ...

Judy Garland Slashed Her Own Throat With A Razor, Reveals Ex-husband

... gives detailed testimony to her real demons, which were the pills. ‘More than any of her five husbands, [Luft] was the closest to what some might call the love of her life. ‘Even though they divorced in 1965, Sid was still the guy she most depended upon for the remaining four years of her life.’. Judy Garland and actor Tom Drake in 1944 musical film Meet Me In St. Louis. Schmidt said the memoir was ‘Sid’s long-lost love letter’ as he writes of Miss Garland’s intelligence and torments. Following the star’s death the New York Times reported: ‘Miss Garland's personal life often seemed a fruitless search for the happiness promised in "Over the Rainbow," the song she made famous in the movie "The Wizard of Oz.". ‘Her father died when she was 12 years old; the pressures of adolescent stardom sent her to a psychiatrist at the age of 18; she was married five times; she was frequently ill; her singing voice faltered, and she suffered from the effects of drugs she once said were prescribed either to invigorate or tranquilize her.’. The report added that Miss Garland was found by her fifth husband Mickey Deans, who discovered her dead on the bathroom floor at ...

Obamas Move Out Of White House; Judy Garland’s Childhood Home Listed

... five-hour, quite hectic ordeal, which is led by this year’s Chief Usher Angella Reid. The process includes setting up the bedrooms, stocking the entire residence with necessities, plus some expected cleaning and sprucing up. At 10:30 am today, the “outgoing” family’s moving trucks pull out, and the incoming president’s move in. Between 3:30 and 5:00 pm, the new first family enters the transformed White House. ( Washington Post ). Judy Garland’s childhood home is on the market for $550,000. The late actress lived in the Lancaster, California home (far from Kansas) with her family, from 1926 until approximately 1933. The home was built in 1915, and has been expanded and remodeled a bit since Garland resided within it—it’s now eight bedrooms and four bathrooms, and comes to a total of 4,062 square feet. Steven Burton of Keller Wilians Antelope Valley has the listing for the home. ( Realtor ). A $250 million Bel Air property is now the most expensive home on the market in the United States. Bruce Makowsky built the fully furnished, four-level, 38,000-square-foot spec house, which includes ...

Judy Garland’s Childhood Home On Market For $550k

... the family bought a home on Cedar Avenue, not far from their “Valley Theater,” which Frank had renamed and extensively renovated. The family lived in this cottage from 1926 to about 1933, while performing at the theater and driving to Hollywood for performances, dance lessons, and auditions. When the Gumm Sisters, who later became the Garland Sisters, began booking regular vaudeville gigs in Los Angeles, the family moved closer to Hollywood. Judy Garland signed with MGM in 1935 at the age of 13. Although Garland’s childhood home, built in 1915, has been expanded and remodeled, some of the original features it had when she lived there still exist. You can gaze out the same windows, brush against the same moldings, and dance across some of the same floors (many of them, however, have been resurfaced with newer wood and tile). Some of the cupboards and cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms are also original, and likely held Garland’s belongings in the past. Today, the home has eight bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a basement, which is rare for a home in So Cal. There are ...

Judy Garland’s Historic Childhood Home Is On The Market

... was not her beauty,” Wainwright later told Vanity Fair. “She had this magnetism, but it had nothing to do with statuesque features. It was just about this really unusual personality.”. Photo: Left, By Paul David Doherty/Wikipedia; right, by Brad Barket/Getty Images. Kimberly Roberts. Based on a few precious voice recordings made by Garland in the 60 s, The Judy Monologues is a one-act play that includes footage from the actress’s old MGM movies. Through her own enthusiastic online campaign, underground Garland impersonator Kimberly Roberts has positioned herself as the actress to play Monologues, first performing it at the London One Act Festival in 2011, and then securing a spot at the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival. Photo: By Maylynn Quan. Tracie Bennett. Spotlighted in *Vanity Fair’*s April issue for her careful approach to Garland in the upcoming Broadway production End of the Rainbow, Bennett admits, “It can be confusing to play a very confused person.” Earlier this year, Bennett released a CD of her interpretations of Garland ...

Judy Garland’s Husband Details Her Many Struggles In New Memoir

... that she would poison herself with pills, and that the toxic reaction to whatever she swallowed would create an impulse for self-mutilation.”. Afterwards, doctors rushed to the scene and saved Garland’s life. He also revealed another suicide attempt in a D. C. hotel several years later. “When Judy came out in her short white lace negligee, her arms were in front of her and she said, ‘Look, darling, what I’ve done!’ ” writes Luft. “Her wrists had been slashed and she was bleeding profusely.”. Luft quickly made tourniquets for her arms and took her to a doctor. According to Luft, Garland’s biggest struggle was her dependency on pills, specifically Benzedrine, which Luft claimed she took to lose weight so she could be, in her words, “camera-ready.”. “Whenever she began to drop considerable weight, it was dangerous, signaling an unhealthy use of pills,” he writes. After years of substance abuse and attempts to quit cold-turkey, Luft claims that one day he searched Garland’s bedroom, where she often spent evenings alone, to find evidence of drug use. “Pills were hidden in packages of ...

Marilyn Monroe Bat Sie Vor Ihrem Tod Um Hilfe

... "Ich wünschte, ich hätte mit ihr sprechen können, in der Nacht, in der sie starb", bedauerte Garland den Tod der Freundin. Sid Luft beschreibt in seinen Memoiren auch, wie die damals frisch getrennte Monroe - von wem, schreibt er nicht - das Ehepaar Luft und Garland einmal zuhause besucht und mit den beiden Kindern gespielt habe. "Marilyn war süß und sehr unglücklich", erinnerte er sich. Fünf Ehen und drei Kinder. Judy Garland war fünfmal verheiratet: Die Ehe mit Songwriter David Rose dauerte von 1941 bis 1945. Mit Regisseur Vincente Minnelli war sie von 1945 bis 1951 verheiratet. Die beiden bekamen Tochter Liza Minnelli. Ehe Nummer drei ging sie mit dem Showproduzenten Sidney Luft ein. Diese dauerte von 1952 bis 1965. Sie wurden Eltern von Tochter Lorna und Sohn Joey Luft. Von 1965 bis 1966 war Garland mit dem Schauspieler Mark Herron verheiratet. Ihren fünften und letzten Ehemann, den Musiker Mickey Deans, heiratete sie 1969 nur wenige Monate vor ihrem frühen ...

Judy Garland’ Entertains Ccl Women’s Club

... ‘Judy Garland’ entertains CCL Women’s Club. By Kathi Nailling Athens Review. Jan 24, 2017. Kathi Nailling/Staff. Rhonda Medina, a professional celebrity impersonator, performs as Judy Garland singing “Over The Rainbow” for members of the Cedar Creek Lake Women's Club. The Cedar Creek Lake Women's Club was entertained by Rhonda Medina, a professional celebrity impersonator during its monthly meeting on Tuesday. Rhonda began training as a dancer and acrobat when she was 2 years old. She has performed twice in the Rose Bowl Parade. Medina, who comes from a family of entertainers told club members her mother always wanted to be a country star.  “My mother finally got close to her dream when she opened for Sammy Davis Jr. at Caesar’s Palace.”. Twenty years ago, Medina made her mark on the entertainment industry when she began performing as a variety of actresses for Universal Studios Theme Park in Hollywood. She currently impersonates 13 different celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Judy Garland, Julie ...

Angela Lansbury Remembers Mgm, Where Katharine Hepburn Had Everyone In Awe

... were all under contract to MGM, and it was part of the furnishings!”. Hepburn had the Factory figured out. “She was a totally unique woman, in every respect,” Lansbury said. “She maintained that uniqueness all her life, and one was kind of awed by her—a bit frightened by her forthrightness and ability to manage her life and her career in exactly the way she wanted to.” Even her hairstyle. Lansbury recalled that Hepburn and studio hairdresser Sydney Guilaroff had a curling tool of choice: wooden toilet paper spools. Lansbury’s career, meanwhile, was not taking shape. “MGM did not have a clue as to how to use me. And eventually, I couldn’t wait to leave because I wasn’t getting anywhere.” Her timing turned out right. In the early 1950 s, just as the MGM of old was starting to collapse, Lansbury left—first working freelance in film, later shifting to Broadway. In 1966, Lansbury won a best leading actress in a musical Tony for Mame, and Judy Garland visited her dressing room, just three years before Garland’s death. “‘Angie, I’d give anything to play this part,’” Lansbury remembers Garland saying. “I knew it was ...