Judy Garland
by Anne Edwards
SingersBiographyMotion picture actors and actressesGarland, judy, 1922-1969Singers, united statesSingers, biographyMotion picture actors and actresses, united states
Praised as "undoubtedly the best of the many books on Judy Garland" by no less a critic than John Lahr (the son of Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz), Anne Edwards's biography attempts to present a complete picture of the late actress, and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman that is central to lesser biographies. From Edwards's account we learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family financially, a generosity that her mother Ethel exploited with disastrous results. A student of great poets
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Book data: Open Library