And yet there’s no better route to an Oscar campaign than playing a messy show-biz icon (see Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker, Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland, and Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury), backed by a hefty campaign budget.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/the-best-actress-race-is-crowded-unpredictable-and-weird

In 1961, they made their first national television appearance on "The Jack Paar Show," which was followed by several appearances on other shows including "The Judy Garland Show" in 1963 and "Burke's Law" in 1964.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/comedian-tom-smothers-dies-86/story?id=105945690

Judy Garland was one of the brightest stars of Old Hollywood, but her tragic death cast a dark cloud over her legacy as a performer.

Source: https://screenrant.com/judy-garland-death-everything-we-know/

Many famous guests stayed at the bar including Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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