Frances Gumm was the real name of which American actress?

Unfortunately MGM wanted her to lose weight and thats how she got addicted to drugs, which in turn caused her early demise. RIP Judy.

Rest in peace judy, you were our dorthy and a sweetie.

Nobody could belt out a song like her in her hey day.

MGM were the ones who got several stars hooked on various drugs. They would give them uppers for when they expected them to film, and downers to sleep for a few hours, then uppers again and so on. Continuous uppers and downers, forcing them to make movie after movie, threatening their careers if they wouldn't comply. Judy was most definitely very talented naturally, and sadly that was taken advantage of. I imagine it was hard to truly enjoy her successful career because of all the different types of pressure that she was constantly faced with, and because of drug addiction. Those things cause misery. Sadly for entertainers and many others, it's a lifelong struggle they are unable to get free of. RIP Judy ❤

just a raw, jewel of a natural-born talent - the wizard of oz and i could go on singing are fave movies of mine

She was a star

the original a star is born with James Mason. if you have never seen it it's a must

she also died broke. Frank Sinatra paid for her burial. so sad.

she was the best

MGM were the ones who got several stars hooked on various drugs. They would give them uppers for when they wanted to film, and downers to make them sleep for a few hours, and so on. Continuous uppers and downers, forcing them to film movie after movie. Threatening their careers if they didn't comply. Yes, she definitely had natural talent, and sadly those scumbags took advantage of that and made her career success pretty miserable and hard to actually enjoy. Constant pressure to be thin and pretty also. RIP Judy ❤

I never would have guessed and didn't

I dated her!

It looks like MGM has made alot of their profits off years of life stolen from the better actors & actresses/ examples the rest of our country wanted to emulate. I hope the drug war hits MGM hard and makes them pay for drug rehab for the stars that are trying to clean their lives up AND others addicted to chemicals who watched the hooked stars.

Karen Carpenter thought she was fat. Died from too many laxatives.Poor baby

Tasha777Marie, WOW 😮 I had no idea

I'm met her daughter Liza. She was very nice and humble. She actually said to me (as l got her autograph) "I'm surprised people remember me."

I love her movies and her singing

jdrhuk, I do apologize, but the original “A Star is Born” was not with Judy Garland and James Mason, it was Fredric March and Janet Gaynor in 1937, produced by David O Selznick.

Ms. Judy Garland. There’s history and legacy from the name alone.

Ms Garland died in 1969. Her career started very early in her life. I feel that after years of living your life for the world you can get tired, and may be come disenchanted with her life as was. Ms Garland may have died from drugs but it seems she was never allowed to be her self. Death was her escape.

I love myself some Judy. #RIP

She was a real talent and deserved more than the actresses that are born into showbiz.

great actress

Tasha777Marie, and the abortion she was made to have. MGM were just glorified pedophilers

My all-time favorite actress! Beautiful voice and beautiful lady! RIP Judy!

mareze, it’s sad how production has to come to a halt just bcuz of the weight of a person. For instance... Tom Hanks. They stopped production of “Castaway” for a whole entire year so that Hanks can lose weight and grow out his hair and beard. There are so many healthier choices to choose from and pills is not one of them.

mareze, her mother was the real wicked witch, sadly

mareze, very true..info in movie bio.

Tasha777Marie, I agree..theres a movie on u tube and it's a bio n very well done.the actress that plays judy garland is amazing.all the actors n actresses are great in movie!

mareze, Very sad. That's why a lot of celebrities have gotten addicted to drugs.

GatorMama2014, oh its been known for 70 yrs. true.

captainpokeymunky568, Stable genius, perhaps you meant 'already'?

WaldoLydeker, Yule that’s right. Mickey Rooney’s real name: Joe Yule.

mareze, sad that men want all women to keep quiet, look exactly like they want us to look and then parade us around like a show pony.

She was, indeed, a true star.

jdrhuk, the original was from the 30s with Janet Gaynor. The James Mason/Judy Garland one was 2nd in the 50's.