who plays dorothy from the wizard of oz
Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters as a child and was later signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. She made more than two dozen films with MGM, nine of which with Mickey Rooney, and is perhaps best remembered for her performance as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Her other most notable film roles with MGM include appearances in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946), Easter Parade (1948) and Summer Stock (1950). Amid a series of personal struggles and erratic behavior that would lead her to be unable to continue fulfilling the terms of her contract, Garland was released from MGM in 1950 after 15 years with the studio. While her film appearances then diminished, she would go on to receive two Academy Award nominations thereafter, make record-breaking concert appearances, release eight studio albums, and host her own Emmy-nominated television series, The Judy Garland Show (1963 -- 1964). At age 39, Garland became the youngest and first female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the film industry. In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 1999 the American Film Institute placed her among the 10 greatest female stars of classic American cinema.