Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...

received numerous awards and honors during her 40-year career. Garland won or was nominated for awards for her work in motion pictures, television, music recording, and on stage. She was twice nominated for an

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, and was awarded a special

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in 1940. Garland won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a second. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including one for ''

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'' in 1964. She received a special

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for her record-breaking concert run at New York City's Palace Theatre. Garland won two

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s for her concert album ''

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''. Garland has also received a number of posthumous awards and honors. She was the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and several of her recordings have been inducted into the

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. She has twice been honored on United States postage stamps, and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The American Film Institute has repeatedly recognized her talent, placing Garland eighth on its list of the top 100 female stars of all time and placing five of her recordings in its list of the 100 best songs from films, including " Over the Rainbow" at number one.

Major associations

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The

s, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American

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(AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry. Garland was nominated for two competitive awards, and was the recipient of an

Emmy Awards

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) honors national prime time television entertainment. Garland was nominated for three Emmys.

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The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the

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(HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television. Garland won one competitive award, and was nominated for a second.

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are presented annually by the

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of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Garland won two Grammys during her lifetime, and was post-humously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. The

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is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". As of 2011, six of Garland's recordings have received the award. ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' won two more Grammys: for Best Engineering Contribution – Popular Recording (Robert Arnold), and Best Album Cover - Non-Classical (Jim Silke).

Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual c ...

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the

s, recognize achievement in live American theatre, and are presented by the

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and

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. Judy Garland won a

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in 1952 for her contributions to the revival of

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with her record-breaking 19-week stand at the Palace Theatre in New York City.

Other honors

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Since 1975, Garland's birthplace of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, has held a yearly ''Judy Garland Festival'' in June. At the 2006 festival, Minnesota governor

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and lieutenant governor Carol Molnau proclaimed June 22 to be "Judy Garland Day", recognizing and honoring Judy Garland for her dedication and exemplary achievements and to salute her as an outstanding citizen and patron of the Arts. Her children Lorna and Joey Luft were in attendance. Also in 1975, The Judy Garland Museum opened in Grand Rapids. The museum, dedicated to honoring Garland's talent and legacy, is financially supported in part by the Judy Garland Heirs Trust and has the personal support of all of Garland's children. Garland's childhood home in Grand Rapids opened to the public in 1995. The museum claims to hold the largest collection of Judy Garland memorabilia in the world. Garland has twice been honored with commemorative postage stamps. In 1989, the

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issued a series of "Classic Films" postage stamps, to honor the 50th anniversary of films made in the

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in 1939 that were nominated for Academy Awards. These 25¢ stamps featured four films: ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''

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'', '' Stagecoach'', and ''

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''. The post office issued a stamp in 2006 honoring Garland in the "Legends of Hollywood" series. The stamp depicts Garland as Vicki Lester from ''A Star Is Born'', and was painted by illustrator Tim O'Brien. The first day ceremony for this stamp was on June 10, 2006, on what would have been Garland's 84th birthday, in New York City with nationwide availability on June 12. The ceremony at New York's Carnegie Hall featured her daughter, Lorna Luft,

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host

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, Dick Cavett,

Michael Feinstein Michael Jay Feinstein (born September 7, 1956) is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for cele ...

Rufus Wainwright Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded 10 studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set ...

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, and Garland's MGM colleagues

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and

Margaret O'Brien Angela Maxine O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress, and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature ...

. Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli taped a special greeting exclusively for the ceremony. Garland & Rooney

The American Film Institute has twice recognized Garland and her talents. In 1999 the AFI named Garland eighth among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. The AFI in 2004 chose Garland's performance of "Over the Rainbow" as the number one movie song of all time, as part of its "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs were featured on the list: "

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. I ...

" from ''

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'' (#76); " Get Happy" from ''

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'' (#61); "

The Trolley Song "The Trolley Song" is a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and made famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. In a 1989 NPR interview, Blane said the song was inspired by a picture of a trolleycar in a turn-of-t ...

", also from ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (#26); and "

The Man That Got Away "The Man that Got Away" is a torch song, published in 1953 and written for the 1954 version of the film '' A Star Is Born.'' The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. In 1954, it was nominated for the Academy Award ...

" from ''A Star Is Born'' (#11). Judy Garland star HWF

Garland's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was also honored as number one in the 2001 ''

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'' project, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the

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. The list was assembled for young people to "help further appreciation for the music development process, including songwriting, musicianship, recording, performing, distributing and the development of distribution and cultural values." In 2003, the

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selected ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' for preservation in the

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initiated Garland as a

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in 1938. A new breed of rose was introduced in 1977, dedicated to Garland. The Judy Garland Rose has yellow petals with bright red tips. Garland was inducted into the

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located in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1991. Judy Garland has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - one for motion pictures (located at 1715 Vine St.), and one for recording (located at 6764 Hollywood Blvd.). Her hand- and footprints were preserved in cement in 1939 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. On what would have been Garland's 88th birthday, June 10, 2010, Madame Tussauds Hollywood unveiled a wax figure of Garland.