Write An Essay About Judy Garland's Life

Judy Garland, known for her role in The Wizard of Oz, faced many personal problems as a result of her troubles starting out as a child star. Before she even signed with MGM, she had problems at home. Her parents constantly fought and her mother Their relationship was never good for she was always watching and critiquing her. Judy’s mother took the children away when she moved to Los Angeles for a job. Her father managed a studio and didn’t not come along, which was hard for Judy to understand at a young age. While they were in Los Angeles, her mother took her to as many studio company trying to get her daughter known. M-G-M was the one who finally gave in. Just as things were looking gvood for her, Judy’s father started to get sick and when he did, they started to spend more time together. Death was unavoidable and he died from Meningitis on her mother’s birthday (Clarke). With nothing to do but move on, Judy began her career with M-G-M. It was tough. However, because she was too …show more content…
She often became attached very quickly and would lose herself trying to get people to love her back. At 19 she married a man named David Rose(Judy). She met him in a dressing room and he had helped her after a rough heartbreak. The studio tried to threaten her not to marry him but she went and did it anyways but they ended in divorce after she met director Vincent Minnelli on set of Meet Me in St. Louis. Together they had a daughter in 1946 named Liza but once again her marriage ended in divorce. Judy then met Sid Luft, who was a producer that helped her through difficult times with her emotional state. They had two children, Lornal and Joey but it was a rocky relationship and officially divorced after rigorous issues over child custody. She remarried Mark Herron which quickly turned into yet another divorce and ended up married Mickey Deans in 1969 . Unfortunately, the marriage didn’t last since Judy passed away on June 22nd,