Judy Garland - Blog Posts

random images i have saved on my phone - day 19

(not mine) 😁😁😁

I love oldie movies so I had to make Robin in this 🩵

Robin as Esther

Meet me in Saint Louis ~1944

The talent!!

Tony Awards 1962: Oscar Hammerstein, Gertrude Lawrence and Richard Rodgers of “The King and I,”Helen Hayes. Phil Silvers, winner for “Top Banana,”Judy Garland, who won an honorary award, and Yul Brynner who won for “The King and I”

We almost stayed in a colorful 🏳️‍🌈 world.

Good luck to us all in 2025! 🤞🏻

Etude n-20, dessin

Judy Garland rose to an unimaginable fame at just 17-years-old when she starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. However, from the age of 13, Garland had starred in other MGM productions beforehand. Garland developed an eating disorder and a drug addiction courtesy of MGM who had branded her a “fat little pig with pigtails.” 

MGM put her on a strict diet and would even go as far as to physically remove food from her possession so that she could not consume it. She was only a young teenager when she developed an eating disorder, living on a diet of chicken soup, coffee, and cigarettes.

Garland had a gruelling schedule, sometimes even working up to 18 hours a day. To combat fatigue and hunger pangs, she would be piled with amphetamines and barbiturates. To help her sleep, she would be given sleeping tablets. It’s not much of a shock that Judy Garland became addicted to drugs and ultimately, they would cause her untimely demise at the age of 47.