In June 1968, five days before my mother's forty -sixth birthday, the world fell apart again. Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy, who died the next day. Why were people shooting all the Kennedys? Had the country gone mad?
My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend. - Lorna Luft
My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.
- Lorna Luft
I guess the only way I could describe myself is someone that lives right in the present. - Lorna Luft
I guess the only way I could describe myself is someone that lives right in the present.
Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive. - Lorna Luft
Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.
A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're goi… - Lorna Luft
A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're goi…
My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland. - Lorna Luft
My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.
My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences - Lorna Luft
My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences
The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks. - Lorna Luft
The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks.
I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic. - Lorna Luft
I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them. - Lorna Luft
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.
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