Garland was a part

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Garland was a part of this system, about which Mayer once said, “A star is made, created; carefully and cold-bloodedly built up from nothing, from nobody.”ADVERTISEMENTIt’s probably not surprising that living under the star system was incredibly difficult for Garland. Her appearance was constantly tweaked and criticized, and she continued to struggle with substance abuse. She also became involved in a series of affairs with famous men like Artie Shaw, Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. At the insistence of her mother and the studio, Garland had multiple abortions in the early 1940s.


which of course had a significant impact on her mental health. Like other actors under the studio Ecuador Phone Number List system, Garland continued to put out stellar work. One of her greatest performances of the 1940s was in 1944’s Meet Me in St. Louis, a drama about a year in the life of a family — and the four sisters at its center — in the first decade of the 1900s. It’s a classic, and there are lots of great reasons to revisit it, but Garland’s performance is the main one. Her performance of the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is quite literally.








One of the most important pop cultural artifacts of the 20th century. I challenge you not to tear up while watching it.Mary Astor (left) and Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. Photo Courtesy: Everett CollectionMeet Me in St. Louis was directed by Vincente Minnelli, and the year after it came out Minnelli and Garland were married. In 1946 they had a daughter, Liza (more on her later). Garland made four more pictures with Minnelli over the next few years, but the couple ended up getting divorced in 1951. Before that, in 1950, Garland and MGM finally parted ways