Judy Garland
by Anne Edwards
2020-11-20 23:14:56
Edwardsâs biography presents a complete picture of the late actressâand not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman central to lesser biographies. We learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her famil...
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Edwardsâs biography presents a complete picture of the late actressâand not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman central to lesser biographies. 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. Above all Judy Garland sought to please, whether it was an audience or a studio head, and therein lies her powerful and heartbreaking story.
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