Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her acting career spanned more than 40 years in musicals, and dramatic roles as an actress. Fred Astaire described her as “The greatest entertainer who ever lived”. Her best known role was as Dorothy in the film, The Wizard of Oz (1939). She also starred in the film, A Star Is Born (1954). She married 5 times, and got divorced 4 times. In her personal life she struggled by film executives, which they constantly manipulated her onscreen physical appearance. She was plagued by financial instability, owing thousands of dollars in taxes. She was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. The American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema in 1999. She had a long battle of drugs and alcohol, that led to her death in June 22, 1969. Her cause of death was “an incautious self-overdose” of barbiturates. She was 47 years old. R.I.P. Judy Garland