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Judy Garland: A Biography

Judy Garland: A Biography

Edwards, Anne

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies General

ISBN10: 1589797876
ISBN13: 9781589797871
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: Apr 16 2013
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.98 Width: 4.94 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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--Shelley, Keats, and Browning in particular--she often tried her own hand at verse; surviving poems are reproduced here. 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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