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People say the surprise about me is that I lived to see 47. I was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, You probably dont recognize the name Frances Gumm hu, well how about Dorothy Gale, I had a little dog named To-to, now you all recognize me, I am JUDY GARLAND the creation of MGM studios. You all fell in love with me when I was 17, I was the wistful eyed Kansas girl who wished her hearts desire in the Wizard of Oz. However my career started when I was but two years old, living with my parents and two sisters. I was called “Baby Gumm” and my daddy adored me, my mother was to put it nicely a undemonstrative mother who would sometimes dicipline me by locking me in our hotel room alone for hours at a time and I was only 3 or 4 at the time. Well we did the theatre and vaudville circuit for a few years and did not to bad considering there was a depression and all our standard of living pretty muched stayed the same. My sisters and I did a routine and were called the Gumm Sisters But I soon stood out and my mother zoomed in on this and was determined to get me noticed. She succeeded and three months after I was signed to a contract with MGM, tragedy struck, my beloved father past