Renée Zellweger On Playing Late Judy Garland: 'A Different Kind Of Triumph'
The actress plays the title role in the new biopic Judy, which chronicles the iconic entertainer months before her death in 1969.
by Ari Shapiro
Sep 26, 2019
2 minutes
There are two Judy Garlands known to the public.
There's the '30s and '40s Judy — the sweetheart of the movies, the girl next door, the star of The Wizard of Oz and Meet Me in St. Louis. And then there's the older Judy, with The Judy Garland Show, scrutinized by the media, addicted to alcohol and drugs, financially unstable.
It's that era of the superstar's life —. The biopic is mostly set during the weeks Garland spent in London performing at The Talk of the Town nightclub.
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