"I love to work, I love to sing, I love to act—I get restless when I don't….If I had to do it all over again, I would probably make the same choices and the same errors. These are a part of living." These words were once spoken by the timeless vocalist, Judy Garland.

On June 10, 1922, Frances Ethel Gumm was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Frank Gumm and Ethel Meglin. Frank and Ethel were hoping Frances would be a boy, but this wasn't the case. In fact, on the original birth announcement, her name is spelled Francis with an ‘I', the male version, rather than Frances with an ‘e'. She was the youngest of her siblings, Mary-Jane, 7 years her major, and Virginia, 2 years her major. Frances was born into a show-business family. Frank was the manager of the local theater. He and Ethel started off as a vaudeville team & both of Frances' older sisters were in preparation to sing duets on stage with Ethel on piano.

On Christmas Eve of 1924, when Frances was only two-and-a-half,......

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Title: Judy Garland: A Biography
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