Judy Garland was well known for her impressive acting and sonorous voice, especially in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, where she sang “Over The Rainbow.” Judy performed the song many times in her career, and it became her signature song.
Despite being famous, she had a long and tragic time as a child star, with the torture continuing into adulthood. She grew up a troubled artist with mental and health issues until her death at age 47.
A fan found a depressing version of Judy’s performance
A devoted fan of Judy’s recently uploaded her performance of “Over The Rainbow” to YouTube, and according to them, the late actress did the song just twice on television. The song was delivered in a depressing, sad way, which could have reflected her real life at the time.
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A TikTok user, @didyoucatchthis, posted the video to her page, and it mostly resonated with fans who had seen the movie version of the song. At multiple points in the rendition from the mid-50s, Judy was overwhelmed with emotion as she sang.
Judy was treated badly as a child actor
Judy’s melancholic number gave some insight into what she may have been thinking— optimism for “a better place.” Around that time, she was still struggling with drug addiction as she was placed on “pep pills” since being a child actor at MGM Studios.
“Hollywood treated her [so] inhumanely you can see it here. this is more than singing. this is a life of agony,” a user commented on the clip. “It’s like her whole life is flashing before her eyes as she tears up, and finally, she breaks down seeing her life and all the hardships over all the years. This may be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. RIP Judy. You were one of a kind,” another person added.
A PBS story on Judy’s life depicted her struggles with suicide, overdose, health crises, and trauma. She died in 1969 from an accidental barbiturate overdose.