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** The day Judy died, the bathroom door was locked, and Mickey Deans had to enter through the window by climbing out onto the ledge, where he discovered her slumped on the toilet. The film softens this by having the door unlocked, and Deans finding her on the floor instead.
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* The Carnegie Hall concert has Judy sing ''San Francisco'' and ''Swanee'' back-to-back towards the end of Act II. In the actual concert, Judy sang ''San Francisco'' as the first act’s finale.

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* The Carnegie Hall concert has Judy sing ''San Francisco'' and ''Swanee'' back-to-back towards the end of Act II. In the actual concert, Judy sang ''San Francisco'' as the first act’s finale.
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** The film implies Judy’s suicide attempt following her suspension from ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun‘’ ended her contract with MGM, and ignores her eventual return to the studio for the last time in ''Film/SummerStock''.

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** The film implies Judy’s suicide attempt following her suspension from ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun‘’ ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun'' ended her contract with MGM, and ignores her eventual return to the studio for the last time in ''Film/SummerStock''.''Summer Stock''.
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** The night Judy’s father died, Ethel Gumm is shown to be at the hospital with him. In actuality, she was with Judy at the radio station.
** The film implies Judy’s suicide attempt following her suspension from ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun‘’ ended her contract with MGM, and ignores her eventual return to the studio for the last time in ''Film/SummerStock''.
** Lorna and Joey Luft did not accompany Judy and Mark Herron on the Australian tour in real life, but were shown to do so here. This was done deliberately to help transition the narrative to be more from Lorna’s point of view.
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* ReCut: As often happens with miniseries, several different edits exist. The extended cut created for some international markets includes footage that did not air on ABC in the U.S., but did receive limited VHS and DVD releases in that market. There’s also an even rarer shortened version of the ABC edit, condensed to fit onto a single cassette.

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* AbuseMistake: At one point during the decline of their marriage, Judy pretends that Sidney hit her, yelling out loud for everyone to hear that he did. Whereas the children know that it's all a lie, they still decide to live with her after the divorce (namely to protect her).



* TheMourningAfter: A teenaged Judy is devastated upon learning that Bandleader Artie Shaw had secretly eloped with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her professional and personal rival]] Creator/LanaTurner even though he was wooing her.[[note]]Which was just as well, as Shaw was later revealed to be a ''terrible'' husband to Turner and ultimately one of her biggest regrets.[[/note]]

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* GoodParents: Sidney and Judy, even with all of her faults and shortcomings. Judy's own father was seen to be a very loving and supportive parent in stark contrast to his pushy and domineering stage wife.
* TheMourningAfter: A After teenaged Judy is devastated upon learning that Bandleader Artie Shaw had secretly eloped with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her professional and personal rival]] Creator/LanaTurner even though he was wooing her.[[note]]Which was just as well, as Shaw was later revealed to be a ''terrible'' husband to Turner and ultimately one of her biggest regrets.[[/note]][[/note]]
* MovingTheGoalposts: Judy experiences during her rise to stardom. Even after being forced to lose weight, alter her looks and even ''the shape of her nostrils'', she is still worked like a dog and yelled at repeatedly during practice until she collapses from exhaustion.
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See also ''Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (for which she won the award for Best Actress).

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See also ''Judy'', ''Film/Judy2019'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (for which she won the award for Best Actress).
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, [[DeconsstructedTrope and not always for the better.]] She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, [[DeconsstructedTrope [[DeconstructedTrope and not always for the better.]] She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, and not always for the better. She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, [[DeconsstructedTrope and not always for the better. better.]] She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, and not always for the better. She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, and not always for the better. She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.herself.
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* BiTheWay: Judy's beloved father, Frank, in spite of marrying and having children with her mother, is seen holding another man's hand while they watch Judy's Christmas Eve performance.
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The film was very popular with critics and fans and netted five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a
Miniseries or Movie for Davis and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Blanchard.

See also ''Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (which she won the award for Best Actress).

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The film was very popular with critics and fans and netted five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a
a Miniseries or Movie for Davis and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Blanchard.

See also ''Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (which (for which she won the award for Best Actress).

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See also ''Film/Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (which she won the award for Best Actress).

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See also ''Film/Judy'', ''Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (which she won the award for Best Actress).



* TheMourningAfter: A teenaged Judy is devastated upon learning that Bandleader Artie Shaw had secretly eloped with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her professional and personal rival]] Creator/LanaTurner even though he was wooing her.[[note]]Which was just as well, as Shaw was later revealed to be a ''terrible'' husband to Turner and ultimately one of her biggest regrets[[/note]]

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* FormerChildStar: Poor Judy is possibly one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s. She ends up being far more successful than most of her contemporaries, but it also paved the way for her years of depression, despair and reliance upon substances, which ultimately killed her.
* TheMourningAfter: A teenaged Judy is devastated upon learning that Bandleader Artie Shaw had secretly eloped with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her professional and personal rival]] Creator/LanaTurner even though he was wooing her.[[note]]Which was just as well, as Shaw was later revealed to be a ''terrible'' husband to Turner and ultimately one of her biggest regrets[[/note]]regrets.[[/note]]



* StageMom: Judy's mother is an infamous one who even let [=MGM=] head Louis B. Meyer bully and humiliate her because of the money she made for everyone.
* TemporaryBulkChange: As her career plummets and her reputation loses treading, Judy gains a dramatic amount of weight. She soon loses though (albeit through her recurring drug use).

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* StageMom: Judy's mother is an infamous one who even let [=MGM=] head Louis B. Meyer Mayer bully and humiliate her because of the money she made for everyone.
* TemporaryBulkChange: As her career plummets and her reputation loses treading, Judy gains a dramatic amount of weight. She soon loses though (albeit through her recurring drug use).use).
* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: ''Especially'' in Louis Mayer's case.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Lorna, and not always for the better. She is indeed a bright, insightful and mature teenager, but having been exposed to a lot of her mother's hardships at such an early age, she had to grow up faster than most teenagers including taking care of her kid brother, Joe. Sadly, this eventually caught up to the girl and she fainted due to stress and not properly taking care of herself.
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See also ''Film/Judy'', the 2019 Academy Award-winning biopic about Judy Garland's last several years in England starring Creator/ReneeZellweger (which she won the award for Best Actress).

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* BiTheWay: Judy's beloved father, Frank, in spite of marrying and having children with her mother, is seen holding another man's hand while they watch Judy's Christmas Eve performance.
* BreakTheCutie: Hoo boy. Between her mother, the executives, her failed romances and the fickle public, she had this happen to her repeatedly.



* StageMom: Judy's mother is an infamous one who even let [=MGM=] head Louis B. Meyer bully and humiliate him because of the money she made for everyone.

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* NiceGuy: Sidney Luft, her third husband and father to both Lorna and Joseph, was seen as this.
* PlatonicLifePartners: The established relationship between Judy and Creator/MickeyRooney.
* StageMom: Judy's mother is an infamous one who even let [=MGM=] head Louis B. Meyer bully and humiliate him her because of the money she made for everyone.everyone.
* TemporaryBulkChange: As her career plummets and her reputation loses treading, Judy gains a dramatic amount of weight. She soon loses though (albeit through her recurring drug use).
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''Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' is a 2001 television miniseries about the life and career of Creator/JudyGarland that aired on Creator/{{ABC}}. It is based on her younger daughter, Lorna Luft's, 1998 book ''Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir" and the film adaptation stars Creator/JudyDavis, Tammy Blanchard, Creator/AlisonPill, Creator/VictorGarber and Creator/HughLaurie.

The story begins with a toddler-aged Judy (then known by her birth name Frances Gumm) singing in her family's troupe on Christmas Eve. Although she enjoyed the spotlight and was talented, she still had to deal with a troubled home life that eventually spilled over into her professional life including a notorious StageMom, a loving Dad who died when she was young and dealing with how much the studio heads adored her talent but [[HollywoodHomely despised her looks.]] The rest, as we know, is history.

The film was very popular with critics and fans and netted five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a
Miniseries or Movie for Davis and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Blanchard.

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* ConsolationPrize: Triumphantly, she considered her lost Oscar for ''Film/AStarIsBorn1954'' to be this in comparison to her son, who she just gave birth to days earlier.
* TheMourningAfter: A teenaged Judy is devastated upon learning that Bandleader Artie Shaw had secretly eloped with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her professional and personal rival]] Creator/LanaTurner even though he was wooing her.[[note]]Which was just as well, as Shaw was later revealed to be a ''terrible'' husband to Turner and ultimately one of her biggest regrets[[/note]]
* StageMom: Judy's mother is an infamous one who even let [=MGM=] head Louis B. Meyer bully and humiliate him because of the money she made for everyone.

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