Editing Judy Garland (section)

==Early life==
Born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Judy's Life - ~1920S~ |url=http://judygarlandmuseum.com/~judygarlandmuseu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095100/http://judygarlandmuseum.com/~judygarlandmuseu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=136 |archive-date=July 8, 2020 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |work=judygarlandmuseum.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota Birth Records, Minnesota Historical Society People Search |url=https://mnhs.org.ddev.site/search/people/birth-records/ced65e7c-e289-4860-8a1c-5758e7fc4d72 |access-date=November 18, 2024}}</ref> Garland was the youngest child of vaudevillians [[Ethel Marion Milne]]<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1953 |title=Ethel Marion Milne death pt 1 of 2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20862856/ethel-marion-milne-death-pt-1-of-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216161514/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20862856/ethel-marion-milne-death-pt-1-of-2/ |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=1}}</ref> and [[Francis Avent Gumm]]. The family settled in Grand Rapids, where her parents operated a movie theater showcasing vaudeville acts. She was of Irish, English, Scottish,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/g/garland_judy.htm |title=Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants – Judy Garland |date=July 1951 |website=ElectricScotland.com |access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanancestors.org/assortment-famous-actors/ |title=#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors |last=Roberts |first=Gary Boyd |website=American Ancestors |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |date=December 17, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203150008/http://www.americanancestors.org/assortment-famous-actors/ |archive-date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> and [[Huguenots|Huguenot]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonist.com/london/history/huguenot-ancestry-london-french-names-spitalfields |title=The Huguenots: London's First Refugees |publisher=Londonist |date=November 2, 2020 |last=Bosanquet |first=Theo |access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huguenotsofspitalfields.org/?view=category&id=51 |title=Newsletter Attachments |publisher=The Huguenots of Spitalfields |access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> ancestry, named after both of her parents and [[baptism|baptized]] at a local [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal church]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Schechter |first=Scott |date=2006 |title=Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |page=3 |isbn=978-1461635550 |quote=June 19, 1922, 10 a.m.: Frances was baptized at the Episcopal Church by the rector, Robert Arthur Cowling, of Hibbing}}</ref>
[[File:Baby Gumm in costume.webp|left|thumb|241x241px|Garland in a costume for her debut performance]]
"Baby" (as she was called by her parents and sisters)<ref name="judygarland.com">{{cite web |url=http://judygarland.com/id1.html |title=Judy Garland – A Brief Biography |last=Fricke |first=John |website=Judygarland.com |access-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424125222/http://judygarland.com/id1.html |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> shared her family's flair for song and dance. Her first appearance came at the age of two, when she joined her elder sisters Mary Jane "Suzy/Suzanne" Gumm and Dorothy Virginia "Jimmie" Gumm on the stage of her father's movie theater during a Christmas show and sang a chorus of "[[Jingle Bells]]".{{sfn|Shipman|1992|p=12}} The Gumm Sisters performed there for the next few years, accompanied by their mother on piano.<ref name="judygarland.com" />[[File:GummHome.jpg|thumb|Garland's birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career.|alt=]]The family relocated to [[Lancaster, California]], in June 1926, following rumors that her father had homosexual inclinations.{{sfn|Clarke|2001|p=23}} Frank bought and operated another theater in Lancaster,<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=January 18, 2017|title=Judy Garland's Historic Childhood Home Is on the Market|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/01/judy-garland-childhood-home|access-date=November 27, 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref> and Ethel began managing her daughters and working to get them into motion pictures.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}