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AboutFrances Ethel Gumm was born on June 12, 1922 at Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Ethel Gumm(1892-1935) and Frank Gumm(1893-1935).At the age of 3, her sisters and herself were made into a trio called The Gumm Sisters and they were briliant as 3 sisters together.On January 31, 1928 Young Frances at the age of 8 took 50 barbiturates with alchohol in at the family home in Grand Rapids. She honestly refused that she had taken them but she was lying and she denied for many years.In 1932, The Gumm Sisters no longer exsisted and her eldest sister Mary left to New York City and Jayne her youngest elder sister left to Mississippi and young Frances was stuck on her own with her parents.In December 1932, Frances was in danger of loosing her life at age 12 because she took 90 tranquilizers, 69 barbituates & 9 packets of Paracetemol and she was lucky she survived that suicide attempt. From December 20 to December 23,1932, The Gumm family moved to Lancaster,California and on June 13, 1933 1 day after Frances's birthday. Her parents renamed after Robert Garland and his song Judy which ment she was renamed Judy Garland. From May 1935, She was an addict to drugs and pills but not alchohol yet. She was non-stop taking them and it soon restricted her life of living.After she moved to Manhattan, California, Her mother Ethel died on June 1, 1935 and Judy never attended her fuenral and not even her burial.On November 30, 1935 her father died of a suicide attempt on which he cut his stomach open.Judy wore black in memory of her father and she did attend funeral and burial. Soon after in middle December 1935, She signed a 7 year contract to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer. She soon was on addiction to alchohol in 1936 and she soon was starting on the screen at the age of 13.Her first screen role was in the musical I Love You which Judy sung her best songs. She was an absolute star in it and she won 2 academy awards for it. She then carried acting in fantastic screen roles and she always landed the lead part/role in every film she did until her contract was up.She was paired up with teen idol Mickey Rooney in late January 1939 and 5 mins before filming the Wizard Of Oz, Judy offered her friend Mickey 6 cans of alchohol and he accepted and drunk it and they never caught doing it or drinking it in the studio.When Louis B.Mayer entered their dressing room, he found the 6 cans of alchohol that Mickey had drunk and what Judy offered him.Mickey Rooney was kicked out of Metro Goldwyn-Mayer in October 1939 and Judy was terrified at the news she heard.She soon broke up her contract in January 1940 and 18 year-old Judy left to a hotel in San Diego, California.She was still non-stop taking alchohol,pills & drugs and soon got her ID and started smoking and that terrised all her friends and family even her sisters when they come to visit her.Going round to loads of nightclubs in he area Judy lived in, She met actor David Rose on March 12, 1941 who was married to actress & singer Martha Raye. Judy adored him and forced David to file for divorce. Him and Martha were divorced on May 29, 1941 and Judy wasted no time on marrying Rose. The couple married on June 19, 1941 and she begged Louis B.Mayer to give back her 7 year contract but he kept on refusing to Judy and she took no notice.Judy realized she didn't want her contract and she became pregnant in December 1942.She miscarried on March 31, 1943 and that really annoyed Rose because he really wanted a child.Judy decided she had enough of Rose and soon brought her mother's house that was still up for sale and this was in Grand Rapids, Minnesota(her hometown).She soon moved in and after her close friend Mickey Rooney broke up his friendship with Garland. On November 17, 1944 She filed for divorce and it was finalized. On the set of her famous film Meet Me In St, Louis in 1944 and she fell in love with the director of the film Vincente Minnelli who was gay. They soon got engaged and they married on June 15, 1945 at San Diego, California. Judy became pregnant in September 1945 and she gave birth to singer & actress Liza May Minnelli on March 12, 1946 at Hollywood, California.When Vincente left his home with Liza to live with Judy, He found bottles of alchohol she had left for when she next visits and Minnelli never made a fuss.Vincente had enough of Judy's drug and pill taking and on June 9, 1947 Vincente searched the house for drugs and it was stached and they all ended in the bin and 2nd was alchohol and they all went to the nearest Recycling Centre there was.Vincente and Judy seperated in May 1950 and Liza followed her mother Judy to New York City.Vincente filed for divorce and it was finalized on November 17,1951. She met actor Sid Luft who was never far from a bottle of alchohol. Judy adored him and he divorced his wife and Judy and Sid married on January 31, 1952 and Judy became pregnant in late June 1952 and Lorna Louisa Luft is born on November 21, 1952 at Santa Monica, California. When Lorna was just 2, her mother became pregnant in early January 1955 and Joey Luft was born on March 15, 1955 at Santa Monica, California.In early February 1965, Judy began having affairs with actor Mark Herron and Sid was just terrified. They wasted no time on a divorce, They divorced on March 20, 1965 and Sid left to Chicago, lllinois and Judy remained in Santa Monica with the 3 kids.She and Mark Herron at first were all loved up and they married on son Joey's birthday March 15, 1965 and they soon got fed up of each other in 1967 so they seperated in late December 1967 and remanined married to 2 years until they divorced on January 19, 1969 and Judy met actor & singer Mickey Deans and they started having affairs and they married on March 15, 1969 and Judy died of an overdose of barbituates on June 22, 1969 at Chelsea, London, England, UK.

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