Sarah n harvey biography of rory gilmore

MADELINE: So I’ve decided I’m now completely into Judy Garland. Did you see the TV movie? Pretty intense.
LOUISE: I think they used my mother’s medicine cabinet in that.
MADELINE: She was the Courtney Love of her day.

Judy Garland, born Frances Gumm (1922-1969) was an American singer, actress, and television hostess. She began performing in vaudeville as a child, and signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer as a teenager; she made more than two dozen movies with them, including The Wizard of Oz in 1939, where she starred as Dorothy Gale.

After being released from her contract, she went on to have a highly successful career as a singer, and hosted The Judy Garland Show. She received numerous accolades, including a Juvenile Academy Award, a Cecil B. Mille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Despite her great success as a performer, the pressure of becoming a star so early in life affected her phy

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Gilmore Girls: 5 Times Rory Was A Snob (& 5 She Was Sweet)

Rory grew up with a single mother, a love of junk food and kaffe, and bookworm tendencies on Gilmore Girls. She was a favorite resident of Stars Hollow, and everyone rooted for her to go to an Ivy League college and take over the journalism world. While she was a good person, she definitely struggled to get along with her peers sometimes, and she was more comfortable on her own than socializing too much.

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While Rory had her moments when she acted holier than thou, she also had many Gilmore Girls scenes when she proved herself to be kind and full of compassion.

Snob: Felt She Was Better Than The Stars Hollow High Students

While Rory had a difficult first day at Chilton, being a student at the demanding institution was one of her goals, and she felt she was on a good path once she got in.

Even though Rory loved learning and it was nice to see her takin

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Head Back to Stars Hollow with These “Gilmore Girls ”Books

If you can’t get enough of the beloved series, check out these reading recommendations

Fall is here, which means switching out sunglasses for sweaters and lemonade for chai lattes and, of course, embarking on your annual rewatch of the ultimate comfort show — Gilmore Girls. The family-focused dramedy, which aired on the WB, and later the CW, from 2000 to 2007, is a beloved favorite. And since it began streaming on Netflix in 2014, we can all indulge whenever we need a hit of cozy.

It just isn’t autumn without mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, their life in the quirky Connecticut town Stars Hollow and their love of coffee, witty comebacks and pop culture tidbits.

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If you also love staying in with a good book once the