A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Judy Garland.
Judy Garland was a celebrated American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, renowned for her powerful voice and emotional performances. She gained international stardom as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and maintained a successful career spanning film, stage, and music. Garland released eight studio albums and had numerous recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. She was the youngest and first female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Posthumously, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was recognized as one of the greatest female screen legends by the American Film Institute.
At the 1939 Academy Awards ceremony, Judy Garland received an Academy Juvenile Award for her performances in 1939, including "The Wizard of Oz" and "Babes in Arms".
In October 1951, Judy Garland's engagement at the Palace Theatre in Manhattan broke all previous records for the theater and was called "one of the greatest personal triumphs in show business history".
In 1954, Judy Garland was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "A Star Is Born". She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role.
In January 1960, Judy Garland was released from the hospital after being treated for acute hepatitis. Doctors told her that she had five years or less to live and that she would likely never sing again, leading to a period of relief followed by recovery and a return to the stage.
On April 23, 1961, Judy Garland performed at Carnegie Hall, an event considered by many as "the greatest night in show business history". The album "Judy at Carnegie Hall" was certified gold, charted for 95 weeks, and won four Grammy Awards.
In 1961, Judy Garland starred in "Judgment at Nuremberg", for which she received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1961, Judy Garland won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her live album "Judy at Carnegie Hall". Also in 1961, Garland starred in Judgment at Nuremberg.
In 1989, Judy Garland was honored on a U.S. postage stamp as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
In 1992, Gerald Clarke of Architectural Digest dubbed Judy Garland "probably the greatest American entertainer of the twentieth century".
In 1997, Judy Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Judy Garland as the eighth-greatest female screen legend of classic Hollywood cinema.
In 2006, Judy Garland was honored on a U.S. postage stamp as Vicki Lester from A Star Is Born.
In 2019, Renée Zellweger portrayed Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy" and won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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