According to her biography on the A&E channel, as a young adult in her early acting career producers had her going to six different doctors for prescription drugs, without any one doctor knowing about the other five. It was this process that led to her addiction.

A close friend was Katharine Hepburn, with whom she would regularly stay during her most serious bouts of depression in order to recover.

Always had crooked front teeth, for which an MGM dentist fitted her with removable caps to wear in her films, including The Wizard of Oz (1939).

The day she died, there was a tornado in Kansas.

According to Mel Tormé, she had a powerful gift of retention. She could view a piece of music once and have the entire thing memorized.

Her soulful and iconic performance of "Over The Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz (1939) claimed the #1 spot on June 22, 2004, in The American Film Institute's list of "The 100 Years of The Greatest Songs". The AFI board said, "'Over The Rainbow [. . . ] captured the nation's heart, echoed beyond the walls of a movie theater, and ultimately stands in our collective memory of the film itself. It has resonated across the century, enriching America's film heritage and captivating artists and audiences today".

Garland discouraged her children from entering show business, pointing out her financial and health problems. Nevertheless, Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft became entertainers. Joey Luft lives in relative anonymity as a freelance photographer.

Had 3 children: daughter, Liza Minnelli (b. March 12, 1946) with 2nd ex-husband, Vincente Minnelli and daughter, Lorna Luft (b. November 21, 1952) & son, Joey Luft (b. March 29, 1955) with 3rd ex-husband, Sidney Luft.

Garland's death was attributed to an "incautious self-overdosage of Seconal." Her funeral was held in Manhattan on June 27, 1969, at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home at Madison Ave. and 81st St. Over 22,000 people filed past her open coffin in 24 hours. Afterward, her body was stored in a temporary crypt for more than a year because no one had paid to move her body to a permanent resting spot. Liza Minnelli was reportedly under the impression that Mickey Deans had made the necessary arrangements, but Deans claimed to have no money. Liza took on the task of raising the funds to have her mother properly buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

Liza Minnelli originally wanted Mickey Rooney to deliver Garland's eulogy, but she was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get through it. So James Mason did it instead.

In January 2017, her body was removed from the mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in New York and sent to Los Angeles, where she was placed in a private family crypt at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Garland's children bought a large family crypt to ensure they would be laid to rest with their mother; there was no room for that at Ferncliff. She was laid to rest in the same cemetery as her childhood friend and co-star Mickey Rooney.

Won five Grammys over her career.

Did not get on with Lucille Bremer, who played her sister in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). She thought that Bremer couldn't act and repeatedly tried to have her fired from the film, but to no avail.

Gave birth to all three of her children via Caesarean section. She also suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughters Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft.

In September 2002, a federal judge in Los Angeles barred Sidney Luft from selling Garland's replacement Juvenile Oscar, which she had received for The Wizard of Oz (1939). Luft was also ordered to pay the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nearly $60,000 to settle its second lawsuit against him for repeatedly trying to sell the statuette.

Did not attend the 1955 Academy Awards, where she was nominated as Best Actress for her portrayal of Vicki Lester in A Star Is Born (1954), because she was in hospital after giving birth to her third child and only son Joey Luft.

She initially refused to appear in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) because was tired of playing virginal teenage characters. She later relented after much persuasion. She met Vincente Minnelli on set, and her performance was also one of her most famous during her MGM years.

Her performance as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939) is ranked #17 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Has a special variety of rose named after her. The petals are yellow (Garland adored yellow roses) and the tips are bright red. It took devoted fans almost nine years after her death to find a rose company in Britain interested in naming a rose officially for her, and the Judy Garland rose didn't appear in the US until 1991. Several JG rose bushes are planted outside of her burial crypt, and at the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids.

She only performed "Over The Rainbow" three times during her many television appearances, which spanned 14 years. She performed it on her first TV Special, Ford Star Jubilee (1955) episode, "The Judy Garland Special" in 1955, sang it to her children on The Christmas Edition of her weekly The Judy Garland Show (1963), and on Episode #7.240 (1968).

Was considered for the role of Careen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), but it was eventually given to Ann Rutherford, so Judy immediately began working on The Wizard of Oz (1939), a film for which she was considered as early as 1937.

On 3/23/90 she was pictured on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp shows Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), along with Toto (portrayed by Terry). The other films honored were Beau Geste (1939), Stagecoach (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939).

Was pregnant with her first child Liza Minnelli while filming her minor role in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946). In order to hide her pregnant stomach she was hidden behind stacks of dishes while singing "Look For The Silver Lining". She had also recorded a song, "Do You Love Me", which was cut before release. Her scenes were directed by her then-husband Vincente Minnelli.

The famous theme song David Raksin wrote for Laura (1944) was originally entitled "Judy" in honor of her.

Despite numerous concert and television appearances in the 1960s, she remained constantly in debt. Her then-manager David Begelman embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from Garland and his other clients. Begelman even claimed a Cadillac presented to Garland for an appearance on The Jack Paar Program (1962) as his own.

She experienced financial difficulties in the 1960s due to overspending, periods of unemployment, and her business manager embezzling funds. The IRS garnished most of her concert revenues in the late 1960s. Her financial difficulties combined with her erratic behavior due to her drug addiction helped break up her marriages and estrange her children from her a year before her death.

First cousin three times removed of US President Ulysses S. Grant.

Groucho Marx said that her not winning an Oscar for A Star Is Born (1954) was "the biggest robbery since Brink's." Hedda Hopper later reported that her loss to Grace Kelly for The Country Girl (1954) was the result of the closest Oscar vote up to that time that didn't end in a tie, with just six votes separating the two. In any event, it was a heartbreak from which she never really recovered and which has remained a matter of some controversy ever since.

In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998, her 1961 album "Judy at Carnegie Hall" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

She headlined The Judy Garland Special (1955), CBS' first special. She performed many of her standards, including "Get Happy", "Carolina in the Morning," and "The Trolley Song." She and guest David Wayne performed "A Couple of Swells" from Easter Parade (1948) as tramps, with Wayne performing Fred Astaire's part. She closed the show with "Over The Rainbow," still in tramp make-up.

Was replaced by Ginger Rogers in the film The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) after being suspended from MGM for her tardiness.

Offered the lead role in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), but turned down the role because the storyline bore too many resemblances to her own personal life. The role was then given to Joanne Woodward who went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.

She originally screen-tested and signed to play Helen Lawson in Valley of the Dolls (1967). The studio even provided a pool table in her dressing room at her request. Eventually, she backed out of the film and was replaced by Susan Hayward. She kept her costume, a sequined pantsuit, and wore it while performing in concerts around the world. The character of Neely O'Hara in the film was partially based on her own history with pills, alcohol, and failed marriages. Sadly, Garland's real-life pill addiction contributed to her leaving the film.

One of the few actresses to have danced with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in the movies, other actresses that have also done this includes Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charisse, Vera-Ellen, Debbie Reynolds, and Leslie Caron.

Her daughter Liza Minnelli's godparents were Ira Gershwin and Kay Thompson. Her daughter Lorna Luft's godfather was Frank Sinatra.

Was named #8 Actress on The AFI 50 Greatest Screen Legends

Her favorite actor was Robert Donat, best known for his portrayal of the title character in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939).

Returned to work 11 months after giving birth to daughter Lorna Luft in order to film A Star Is Born (1954).

When she married Vincente Minnelli, Louis B. Mayer gave her away.

According to daughter Lorna Luft, Garland had made 39 films, appeared on over 500 radio shows and about 57 concerts by the time she was 37.

Her portrayal of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939) was the inspiration for the character of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island (1964).

In 2006 her performance as Vicki Lester in A Star Is Born (1954) was ranked #72 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

Despite popular belief that Shirley Temple was the first choice for the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), Garland was cast in the role even before pre-production had begun. As early as February 1938 both "Variety" and columnist Louella Parsons announced that she was cast in the role of Dorothy.

Attendees at Garland's funeral and memorial service on June 27, 1969, included: her children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft, ex-husbands Sidney Luft and Mickey Deans (Vincente Minnelli was in London shooting On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)), sister Virginia Gumm, Kay Thompson, Roger Edens, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Arthur Freed, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Dean Martin, Ray Bolger, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Peggy Lee, Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, Ann Sothern, June Allyson, Fred Astaire, Burt Lancaster, Betty Comden, Adolph Green Otto Preminger, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Freddie Bartholomew, Myrna Loy, Ann Rutherford, Martha Raye, and Paula Wayne. James Mason delivered the eulogy. More than 20,000 spectators filed by Garland's casket.

She married Mark Herron on June 12, 1964, though her divorce from Sidney Luft was not settled. They were married in Mandarin by a Buddhist monk, and the legality of the marriage is not clear.

She replaced June Allyson in Royal Wedding (1951) after she became pregnant. When she failed to show up on set, Jane Powell replaced her.

In her biography, Garland's friend, June Allyson wrote that Garland had wanted a white casket for her funeral, and for everything else to be in yellow and white. No white coffin was immediately available, so the funeral home painted a coffin white.

She performed with her sisters at the 1933-34 World's Fair in Chicago, in the Old Mexico Club on the infamous midway, where Sally Rand was the main attraction. They sold out every night. The club closed unexpectedly during their third week when their liquor license expired. She also served as the grand marshal in a parade for the Fair's "Children's Day" in early 1934. Frances Gumm changed her name to Judy Garland during a performance at the Oriental Theater on their last day in Chicago, partly at the advice of George Jessel, who was emcee.

There is surviving footage of Garland performing the lead role of Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) before she was replaced by Betty Hutton, and this has been included in many documentaries. Undoubtedly, the best is That's Entertainment! III (1994), which for the first time assembled raw unedited footage for two musical numbers and presented them as they would have looked had the film been completed with Garland. Also surviving today are Garland's prerecordings of all songs for the production.

Garland was voted the 22nd-greatest movie star of all time by Premiere Magazine. She was voted the 23rd-greatest movie star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.