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The Gumm Sisters, later also known as The Garland Sisters, were an American vaudeville group formed by the three children of Francis Avent Gumm and Ethel Marion Milne: Judy Garland, Dorothy Virginia Gumm, and Mary Jane Gumm. Active from 1924 to 1935, the sisters were known for their vocal harmonies, dance routines, and 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.
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian. Renowned for her powerful contralto voice, emotional depth, and versatility, Garland rose to international fame as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a role that cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.
Together, they had three daughters: Mary Jane “Suzanne” Gumm, Dorothy Virginia “Jimmie” Gumm, and Frances “Baby” Ethel Gumm, who would later change her name to Judy Garland. Ethel encouraged her daughters to perform as The Gumm Sisters, a vaudeville trio that sang and danced in local talent shows and on vaudeville stages. Her ...
Baby Frances Gumm Kyra Hewitt Ella Briggs Sophie Knapp Shirley Temple: Nicole Johanson Lea Mancarella Violet Tinnirello George Jessel: Michael McCorry Rose Gary Milner Kevin B. McGlynn Mary Jane Gumm Katie Drinkard Lucy Horton Samantha Joy Pearlman Young Mary Jane Gumm Katie LaMark — Alluson O’Malley Virginia Gumm Andrea Laxton Tessa Grady —
It stars Judy Davis as the adult Judy, Tammy Blanchard as the teenage Judy, Hugh Laurie as Vincente Minnelli, Victor Garber as Sid Luft, and Marsha Mason as Ethel Gumm. Luft is the co-author, along with film historian Jeffrey Vance , of the 2018 book A Star Is Born : Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away , which she states is "a vivid account ...
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Lane is credited [5] with discovering the 13-year-old Frances Gumm (Judy Garland). [12] He caught her sisters' act at the Paramount theater in Hollywood which featured a movie and a live stage show. The sisters, Virginia and Mary Jane, brought on their younger sister, Frances, who sang "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart." Lane immediately ...