and is often remembered by her haunting life which lead up to her fateful demise. People always comment about what a sad life she held, although Judy herself didn’t see it that way and her children continue backing that claim. She appreciated what she accomplished in her life, the opportunities she was given, but rest assured, she most likely wouldn’t have minded if things turned out somewhat differently from how they eventually did. Young Frances Gumm started her career in vaudeville where she wooed crowds with her overwhelmingly strong, mature voice. It was obvious to Frances’s mother, Ethel Gumm, that out of her three daughters who had been more or less forced onto stage, that her youngest girl had the most potential and