At 16 she was cast in The Wizard of Oz. She was told she was fat and needed to lose weight, and made to diet. Her mother (or the studio, it's not confirmed) fed her amphetamines to lose weight, turning her into a lifelong drug addict.
As she got older, she was referred to as the ugly duckling of MGM. The other leading ladies at MGM were women famed for their beauty, like Elizabeth Taylor and Hedy Lamarr.
Judy's third husband, Sid Luft, claimed that she would starve herself while shooting her movies.
According to a Judy Garland biographer, "She was 4-11, and she just wanted to be gorgeous. But she had this bad self-image about how she looked. She just wanted to be beautiful and sought after in that way. And I think she always felt that all through her career, all through her life. That was a huge demon that she never was able to put to rest."
Steeltoe22 on February 9th, 2025 at 14:11 UTC »
She was beautiful
bloob_appropriate123 on February 9th, 2025 at 14:20 UTC »
Judy was signed at MGM at age 13.
At 16 she was cast in The Wizard of Oz. She was told she was fat and needed to lose weight, and made to diet. Her mother (or the studio, it's not confirmed) fed her amphetamines to lose weight, turning her into a lifelong drug addict.
As she got older, she was referred to as the ugly duckling of MGM. The other leading ladies at MGM were women famed for their beauty, like Elizabeth Taylor and Hedy Lamarr.
Judy's third husband, Sid Luft, claimed that she would starve herself while shooting her movies.
According to a Judy Garland biographer, "She was 4-11, and she just wanted to be gorgeous. But she had this bad self-image about how she looked. She just wanted to be beautiful and sought after in that way. And I think she always felt that all through her career, all through her life. That was a huge demon that she never was able to put to rest."
Serious-Landscape-74 on February 9th, 2025 at 16:12 UTC »
She was their biggest star, who delivered for the studio over and over again. Crazy to think they treated her so poorly. She was fabulous…
Meet me in St Louis and Easter Parade are 2 of my all time favourites.