<Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> List of awards and honors </Td> </Tr> <P> Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922--June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian . She was renowned for her contralto vocals and attained international stardom that continued throughout a career spanning more than 40 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on concert stages . </P> <P> Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters and was signed to Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer as a teenager . She made more than two dozen films with Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, including nine with Mickey Rooney . Among several well - remembered film appearances, Garland's most famous role was as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Some of her other notable films at MGM include Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946), Easter Parade (1948) and Summer Stock (1950). After 15 years, she was released from her contract with the studio and made record - breaking concert appearances, had a successful recording career, and her own Emmy - nominated television series . Her film appearances became fewer in the later years of her career, but included two Academy Award - nominated performances in A Star Is Born (1954) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). </P> <P> Garland received a Golden Globe Award, a Juvenile Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award, and at 39, became the youngest and first female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the film industry . She was the first woman to win a Grammy for Album of the Year for her live recording of Judy at Carnegie Hall . In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the 10 greatest female stars of classic American cinema . </P>

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