I'm not a big Zellwger fan, I enjoyed the first Bridget Jones movie, but I'm just not crazy about her.
Francis Gumm was on stage at age 3 or 4 or 5, the most talented of the "Gumm Sisters".
With the stereotypical "stage mom", she basically began supporting the family before she was 10.
MGM, Louis B Mayer got her started on Benzedrine, ( to withstand the grueling, 16 hour daily rehearsals for Buzby Berkeley), and Seconal to quickly get to sleep in order to repeat the process the next day. She made literally millions and millions of dollars for MGM, and at age 27 she was fired by Louis B Mayer. Heavily addicted to barbiturates and amphetamines, having suffered numerous emotional breakdowns and bad relationships, she was a broken, unhireable "has been".
Yes, it's true, I do have the "Judy Garland Gene", and everyone knows that gay guys love Judy Garland, (no Streisand for me thank you), in '67 or '68, at age 8 or 9,when I first heard Dorothy Gale sing "Rainbow", I felt and shared the pain in her voice. I consider her the greatest entertainer ever. I urge all to see her MGM Musicals, the Andy Hardy films, and listen to "Judy at Carnegie Hall".