Getting to know Judy Garland

January 29, 2012 at 3:10AM
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Books

  • "Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland," by Gerald Clarke, Random House, 2000.
  • "Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir," by Lorna Luft, Simon and Schuster, 1988.
  • "Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend," by David Shipman, Little Brown, 1993.

Films

  • "Judy Garland: The Concert Years," PBS, 1985.
  • "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows," based on the Luft memoir, starring Judy Davis, 2001.
  • "Rainbow," focusing on her early years, starring Andrea McArdle, 1978.

Plays

  • "The Property Known as Garland," by Billy Van Zandt and starring Adrienne Barbeau, 2006.
  • "The Judy Monologues," based on recordings she made for a never-written autobiography, 2010.
  • "Beyond the Rainbow," by William Randall Beard, based on the Carnegie Hall concert, 2005.

Recordings

  • "Judy at Carnegie Hall," 1961
  • "Miss Show Business," 1955
  • "The Best of Judy Garland," 1989
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