“Joan was so vital it’s difficult to realize she is no more; vital in voice, thinking and movement. It was with this vitality, among other things, that the chorus girl, Lucille LeSueur, painstakingly shaped herself into Joan Crawford, and Joan Crawford painstakingly shaped herself into the great star she remained until she died - and the legend she is sure to be.” - Modern Screen
Joan Crawford || 23 March 1906 - 10 May 1977
At the 12th Academy Awards on 29 February 1940, Judy Garland received the Academy Juvenile Award (presented by friend Mickey Rooney) for her role in The Wizard of Oz and Babes in Arms; Judy later referred to her statuette as the “Munchkin Award.” Judy was later nominated for Best Actress for her role as Vicki Lester in A Star Is Born (famously losing to Grace Kelly for her role in The Country Girl) and for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Irene Hoffman-Wallner in Judgment at Nuremberg (losing to Rita Moreno in West Side Story).
Judy Garland as Betsy Booth in Love Finds Andy Hardy (dir. George B. Seitz); 1938.
A Charlie Brown Christmas (dir. Bill Melendez, created by Charles Schulz); 1965.
