2006-12-16 12:58:03 · 5 answers · asked by simple_plan8894 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Her original name was Frances Ethel Gumm and she got her start in show business as part of a sister act named the Gumm sisters. They worked as part of a vaudeville act with George Jessel who suggsted changing the name Gumm to Garland, for what should be obvious reasons. Frances renamed herself Judy after a popular song of the time.
2006-12-16 13:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Holly R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She changed her name from Frances Ethel Gumm to Judy Garland, probably because Judy Garland is a more memorable name.
2006-12-16 13:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by sunday girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judy Garland's name was Frances Gumm and she sang with her sisters in a group called the Gumm Sisters. At a vaudeville appearance they were erroneously listed on the theater as the Glum Sisters. That was really the final straw. Georgie Jessel who was appearing at the same theater suggested the Garland Sisters (after a famous theater critic in New York named Robert Garland) and Judy picked her first name because it was a popular song at the time and she liked the name.
2016-05-23 01:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judy Garland is dead.
2006-12-16 13:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by Norskeyenta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
her real name is Frances Gumn... should be easy to figure out why..
2006-12-16 13:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by bluedanube69 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋