Perhaps, Sinsull, it was the androgynous clothing she wore in her later career. Perhaps it was because her first husband was a gay man (or at least bi).

Many, many highly performers have serious esteem and substance abuse problems...do we know of any to day? Ans. Is the Pope...well you know. In Garland's case, her problems were the result of the studio trying to keep her looking like a little girl, demanding she take pills to control her weight, etc., then needing downers to allow her to relax. It seems the MGM pharmacy was as busy as the MGM commissary.

Also she had a very controlling second husband, as I've heard, which exacerbated her problems.

Mickey Rooney once said he should have married her and saved her from all those problems. Hmmm, he's been married, what, eight times? I think he'd been taking some of hers.