Judy Garland starred in a musical.
Easter Parade is a 1948 American musical film starring Judy Garland , Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford , featuring music by Irving Berlin , including some of Astaire and Garland 's best-known songs , such as `` Easter Parade '' , `` Steppin ' Out with My Baby '' , and `` We 're a Couple of Swells '' . Judy Garland . Garland 's most famous role was as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) . Film appearances became fewer in her later years , but included two Academy Award nominated performances in A Star Is Born ( 1954 ) and Judgment at Nuremberg ( 1961 ) . The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , and the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum .