What was Judy Garland's birth name?

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Widely known for her versatility, she received an Academy Juvenile Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Special Tony Award.

Garland began performing as a child with her two older sisters, in a vaudeville group The Gumm Sisters. In 1934, their name was changed to The Garland Sisters. In 1935, Frances Garland changed her first name to Judy, after the popular song "Judy", to become Judy Garland.

Garland signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM. She regularly collaborated with director and second husband Vincente Minnelli. Starring roles during this period included "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), "The Harvey Girls" (1946) and "Easter Parade" (1948). In 1950, after 15 years with MGM, the studio released her amid a series of personal struggles that prevented her from fulfilling the terms of her contract.

Throughout her adulthood she abused drugs and alcohol. She had financial troubles, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. Her lifelong substance use disorder ultimately led to her death from an accidental barbiturate overdose in 1969, at age 47.