Judy Garland: Legend Of The 20th Century
LifeSpan and Personality Development
PSY/300
November 11, 2013
LifeSpan and Personality Development
“My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money—mine. When I was put under stock contract at Metro and had a steady income for the first time, we lived in a four unit apartment building. I suggested to Mother that we buy it as an investment and rent the other three apartments. She hit me in the mouth and invested the money in a nickel mine in Needles, California that has never been found. We never got a nickel back.” Judy Garland.
Judy Garland, a memorable legend for the 20th century, but whom was she? An actress and singer who had many highs with tragic lows through her life that ended in an accidental death. …show more content…
Judy was a young star for many classic musical films. At age 13 she signed her first contract with MGM as a solo act. Soon after her exposure of debuting a radio broadcast, “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” she suffered a huge loss when lost her father Frank from spinal meningitis. Despite her personal anguish, she continued on a path to still rise and worked nonstop on multiple movies under the pressure from the studio about her looks and her weight. Garland was given amphetamines to boost her energy and control her weight. Unfortunately, Garland would soon become reliant on this medication as well as needing to take something else to help her sleep. Drug problems would plague her throughout her career. Her first marriage was at age 19 that was very short lived and immediately had a second marriage with a baby that also did not last long. Garland began to have an emotional attack from exhaustion, most likely from the constant working with the use of medications she had used to keep herself going. Eventually she developed a reputation for being unreliable and unstable and was dropped from her contract with MGM because of her difficulties and being …show more content…
She was in the eyes of the media and always working and emotional was unable to stick with it. Her psychological development was emotional as well as induced from the medications. In 1951, Garland started to rebuild her career with help of producer Sid Luft. Although Sid Luft made a positive change for her in her life, their marriage was not and also ended in divorce. She remarried two more times and that ended abruptly and after doing numerous performances moved to London where she was in personal and financial trouble. She still kept trying to push forward and make it but after being married for the seventh time, she died from an accidental overdose in London, England in 1969. Judy lived an emotional roller coaster and had many breakdowns that were contributed by not only her social circle but also her family. Her marriages were all negative, her mother used her for money and finally MGM worked her
PSY/300
November 11, 2013
LifeSpan and Personality Development
“My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money—mine. When I was put under stock contract at Metro and had a steady income for the first time, we lived in a four unit apartment building. I suggested to Mother that we buy it as an investment and rent the other three apartments. She hit me in the mouth and invested the money in a nickel mine in Needles, California that has never been found. We never got a nickel back.” Judy Garland.
Judy Garland, a memorable legend for the 20th century, but whom was she? An actress and singer who had many highs with tragic lows through her life that ended in an accidental death. …show more content…
Judy was a young star for many classic musical films. At age 13 she signed her first contract with MGM as a solo act. Soon after her exposure of debuting a radio broadcast, “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” she suffered a huge loss when lost her father Frank from spinal meningitis. Despite her personal anguish, she continued on a path to still rise and worked nonstop on multiple movies under the pressure from the studio about her looks and her weight. Garland was given amphetamines to boost her energy and control her weight. Unfortunately, Garland would soon become reliant on this medication as well as needing to take something else to help her sleep. Drug problems would plague her throughout her career. Her first marriage was at age 19 that was very short lived and immediately had a second marriage with a baby that also did not last long. Garland began to have an emotional attack from exhaustion, most likely from the constant working with the use of medications she had used to keep herself going. Eventually she developed a reputation for being unreliable and unstable and was dropped from her contract with MGM because of her difficulties and being …show more content…
She was in the eyes of the media and always working and emotional was unable to stick with it. Her psychological development was emotional as well as induced from the medications. In 1951, Garland started to rebuild her career with help of producer Sid Luft. Although Sid Luft made a positive change for her in her life, their marriage was not and also ended in divorce. She remarried two more times and that ended abruptly and after doing numerous performances moved to London where she was in personal and financial trouble. She still kept trying to push forward and make it but after being married for the seventh time, she died from an accidental overdose in London, England in 1969. Judy lived an emotional roller coaster and had many breakdowns that were contributed by not only her social circle but also her family. Her marriages were all negative, her mother used her for money and finally MGM worked her