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The Gumm Sisters, later also known as The Garland Sisters, [1] were an American vaudeville group consisting of the three children of Frank Gumm and Ethel Marion Milne: Judy Garland, Dorothy Virginia Gumm, and Mary Jane Gumm. They gained popularity in the 1920s and 1930s and were known for their harmonious performances and charming stage presence.
Gumm met his wife Ethel Marion Milne in the vaudeville industry where she was an actress, singer, and pianist. [4] He married Milne on January 11, 1914, in Michigan. [6] The couple had three children: Mary Jane Gumm (born 1915), Dorothy Virginia Gumm (born 1917), and Frances Ethel Gumm (born 1922). The latter is better known as Judy Garland.
Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. [8] [9] She was the youngest child of Ethel Marion Gumm (née Milne; 1896–1953) [10] and Francis "Frank" Avent Gumm (1886–1935). Her parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theater that featured vaudeville acts.
Miss Ethel Milne opened a girls' day kindergarten school on Wentworth Street, Manly, in 1880. [1] Brighton College itself was established by Milne in 1889. [1] In the early years, boys were also pupils in the kindergarten; [2] they were admitted again to the infants' department in the early 1940s. [1] By 1928 there were 222 pupils. [3]
He was married five times: In December 1940 to aspiring actress MaryLou Simpson. They divorced in 1942. On November 28, 1943, to actress Lynn Bari.They had two children, a daughter who died shortly after birth [4] and a son named John Michael Luft (born 1948).
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke [1] (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films.
Ethel was taken with both the financial and social aspects of Hollywood life, and she negotiated a contract with MGM on her husband's behalf under which he would be paid $2,000 a week. [90] This large salary was particularly welcome because the couple had lost considerable sums in the Wall Street Crash of 1929 .
Caroline (), a student at a boarding school, attends the wedding of her sister Ethel (Earle), where handsome taxi driver Reginald (Hawley) is to be her date.Reginald's taxi breaks down while giving Caroline a ride, and Caroline is late to the wedding.