List of Judy Garland awards and honors

Grammy Awards

Tony Awards

Judy Garland won a special Tony Award in 1952 for her contributions to the revival of Vaudeville with her record-breaking 19-week stand at the Palace Theatre. [cite web
title =Judy Garland
publisher =American Theatre Wing
url =http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?start=90&year=&award=&lname=&fname=&show=
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ]

Other honors

Since 1975, Garland's birthplace of Grand Rapids, Minnesota has held a yearly "Judy Garland Festival" in June. [cite news
last =Taus
first =Margaret
title =There's No Place Like Judy's Home
publisher =Associated Press
date =1995-06-27 ] At the 2006 festival, Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty and lietuenant governor Carol Molnau proclaimed June 22 to be "Judy Garland Day," recognizing and honoring Judy Garland for her dedication and exemplary achievements and to salute her as an outstanding citizen and patron of the Arts. Her children Lorna and Joey Luft were in attendance. [cite web
last =Luft
first =Lorna
coauthors =Joe Luft
title =An open letter to Judy Garland fans
publisher =Judy Garland Museum
url =http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com/LornaJoeletter.html
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] Also in 1975, The Judy Garland Museum opened in Grand Rapids. The museum, dedicated to honoring Garland's talent and legacy, is financially supported in part by the Judy Garland Heirs Trust and has the personal support of all of Garland's children. Garland's childhood home in Grand Rapids opened to the public in 1995. The museum claims to hold the largest collection of Judy Garland memorabilia in the world. [cite web
title =Judy Garland Museum
publisher =Judy Garland Museum
url =http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com/
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]

Garland has twice been honored with commemorative postage stamps. In 1989, the United States Postal Service issued a series of "Classic Films" postage stamps, to honor the 50th anniversary of films made in the United States in 1939 that were nominated for Academy Awards. These 25¢ stamps featured four films: "The Wizard of Oz", "Gone with the Wind", "Stagecoach" and "Beau Geste". [cite news
last =Kronish
first =Syd
title =Hollywood film legends preserved on latest issue
work =The Sunday Capital
date =1990-04-08
accessdate = ] The post office issued a stamp in 2006 honoring Garland in the "Legends of Hollywood" series. [cite press release
title =The 2006 Commemorative Stamp Program
publisher =United States Postal Service
date =2005-11-30
url =http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_054.htm?from=bannercommunications&page=comstamps
accessdate = 2007-12-25] The stamp depicts Garland as Vicki Lester from "A Star Is Born" and was painted by illustrator Tim O'Brien. The first day ceremony for this stamp was on June 10, 2006, on what would have been Garland's 84th birthday, in New York City with nationwide availability on June 12. The ceremony at New York's Carnegie Hall featured her daughter, Lorna Luft, Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, Dick Cavett, Michael Feinstein, Rufus Wainwright, Terrence McNally, and Garland's MGM colleagues Jane Powell and Margaret O'Brien. Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli taped a special greeting exclusively for the ceremony. [cite news
last =Harrity
first =Christopher
title =Judy's stamp of approval
work =The Advocate
date =2006-06-09
url = http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail.asp?id=32127
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]

The American Film Institute has twice recognized Garland and her talents. In 1999 the AFI named Garland eighth among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. [cite web
title = AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
publisher =American Film Institute
date =1999-06-16
url =http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/stars.aspx
accessdate = 2007-12-22] The AFI in 2004 chose Garland's performance of "Over the Rainbow" as the number one movie song of all time, as part of its "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs were featured on the list: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me In St. Louis" (#76); "Get Happy" from "Summer Stock" (#61); "The Trolley Song," also from "Meet Me In St. Louis" (#26); and "The Man That Got Away" from "A Star Is Born" (#11). [cite web
title = AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
publisher =American Film Institute
date =2004-06-22
url =http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/songs.aspx
accessdate = 2007-12-25]

Garland's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was also honored as number one in the 2001 "Songs of the Century" project, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. The list was assembled for young people to "help further appreciation for the music development process, including songwriting, musicianship, recording, performing, distributing and the development of distribution and cultural values." [cite news
last =Allen
first =Jamie
title =New song list puts 'Rainbow' way up high
publisher =CNN.com
date =2001-03-07
url =http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/365.songs/
accessdate = 2007-12-25]

In 2003, the National Recording Preservation Board selected "Judy at Carnegie Hall" for preservation in the National Recording Registry. [cite press release
title =The National Recording Registry 2003
publisher =National Recording Preservation Board
url =http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-2003reg.html
accessdate = 2008-07-05]

Sigma Chi at the Ohio State University initiated Garland as a Sweetheart of Sigma Chi in 1938. [cite web
title =Life goes to a party with Judy Garland
work =Life magazine
date =1938-03-28
url =http://www.jgdb.com/articl31.htm
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] A new breed of rose was introduced in 1977, dedicated to Garland. The Judy Garland Rose has yellow petals with bright red tips. [cite web
title =Judy Garland
publisher =Roselocator.com
url =http://www.roselocator.com/rose_locator/roses/grandiflora_over_100cm/325_judy_garland.php
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] Garland was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame located in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1991. [cite web
title =Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (1989 - 1995)
publisher =Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
url =http://www.mnmusichalloffame.org/inductees.html
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]

Judy Garland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1715 Vine St. [cite web
title =Judy Garland
publisher =Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
url =http://www.tibp.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.dll/wlx/dir/wlxdirectory?cc=WOFAME
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] Her hand- and footprints were preserved in cement in 1939 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. [cite web
title =Judy Garland's footprints in cement
publisher =seeing-stars.com
url =http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/ChineseForecourtPhoto(JudyGarland).shtml
accessdate = 2008-07-24 ]

References

ee also

* List of Judy Garland biographies
* List of Judy Garland performances