| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | | Dinah Barkley | Garland was taking prescription sleeping medication along with illicitly obtained pills containing morphine. These in combination with migraine headaches led Garland to miss several shooting days in a row. After being advised by Garland's doctor that she would only be able to work in four- to five-day increments with extended rest periods between, MGM executive Arthur Freed suspended Garland on July 18, 1948. She was replaced with Ginger Rogers. |
| Annie Get Your Gun | | Annie Oakley | Garland was nervous at the prospect of playing Annie Oakley—a role strongly identified with Ethel Merman—anxious about appearing in an unglamourous role after breaking from juvenile parts for several years and disturbed by her treatment at the hands of director Busby Berkeley. She began arriving late to the set and would sometimes not show up at all. She was suspended from the picture on May 10, 1949 and replaced with Betty Hutton. |
| Royal Wedding | | Ellen Bowen | Having been called in to replace a pregnant June Allyson, Garland again failed to report to the set on multiple occasions after costume tests and rehearsals with Fred Astaire and director Charles Walters. The studio suspended her contract on June 17, 1950 and replaced her with Jane Powell. |
| Valley of the Dolls | | Helen Lawson | Garland was cast as Helen Lawson in the film version of Jacqueline Susann's bestseller featuring the character of Neely O'Hara, who was largely based upon Garland herself. As with previous projects, Garland missed days of work, blew repeated takes and delayed production by refusing to leave her dressing room. She was replaced in April 1967 with Susan Hayward. However, Patty Duke tells another story – that the director kept Garland waiting for hours until late in the day, by which time she was either too tired or too nervous to perform. Another star of the film, Barbara Parkins, also defended Garland, stating on numerous occasions that "Miss Hayward was a pale imitation of what Garland could have made of the role." |
| Date | Location | Notes |
| Philadelphia | Gave first solo concert at the Robin Hood Dell; Andre Kostelanetz conducted the orchestra. |
| London | Garland opened her new show at the London Palladium; the show performed twice nightly with Wednesday and Saturday matinees. |
| Dublin | Performed in Ireland at the Theatre Royal, Dublin for 14 sold-out performances where her show was performed for 50,000 people which was unprecedented for the time. Upon arrival in Dublin, she was met by huge crowds to whom she sang from her dressing room window. |
| New York City | The legendary Palace Theater opening – the show ran for 19 weeks and broke all box office records. She returned from 11/16/51–2/24/52. |
| Las Vegas, Nevada at the New Frontier Hotel | Garland performed a four-week stand for a salary of $55,000 per week, making her the highest-paid entertainer to work in Las Vegas to date. Despite a brief bout of laryngitis, her performances there were so successful that her run was extended an extra week. |
| New York City | Opened at the Metropolitan Opera House, in New York for a 7 night run. |
| Paris | Palais de Chaillot, dubbed by French critics "La Piaf Americaine" |
| Paris | Concert at the famed Olympia |
| Amsterdam | The concert is broadcast live on European radio and is considered to be on a par with the Carnegie Hall performance the following year. |
| New York City | The legendary concert at Carnegie Hall. |
| Los Angeles, California | Performed the Carnegie Hall concert at the Hollywood Bowl to sold out audience in spite of heavy rain. |
| Sydney/Melbourne | Perhaps Garland's most unsuccessful tour and caused much controversy. The reviews for the two Sydney concerts were positive. However, the Melbourne portion of the tour was a disaster for her. The audience was angry over her late appearance, so much that she was unable to remember lyrics and slurred those that she did remember. She left the stage in tears after only 20 minutes. It was the first time in her career that she had received negative notices and where she had been heckled and jeered by an audience. |
| London | Performed at the London Palladium with daughter Liza Minnelli in a one-off event for ITV. The concert was recorded and released as a 2 record album LP set by Capitol Records. |
| New York City | Returned to the Palace Theatre for a 4-week sold-out run. |
| Boston | Largest audience; over 100,000 people attended her free outdoor concert on the Boston Common. |
| New York City | Appeared at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum T theater. |
| Philadelphia, PA | Appeared at JFK Stadium, Judy's last concert in the US. |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | Garland's final concert, at the Falkoner Centre in Copenhagen. |
| Date | Title | Network | Notes |
| Ford Star Jubilee | CBS | The first full-scale color telecast on CBS. |
| General Electric Theater | CBS | Slated to be the first of a series of CBS specials under a three-year, $300,000 contract with Garland, this was the only one produced before the relationship between Garland and husband Sid Luft and CBS broke down in a dispute over the planned format of upcoming specials. |
| The Judy Garland Show | CBS | Featured Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Nominated for four Emmy Awards. |
| Judy Garland and Her Guests Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet | CBS | Nominated for an Emmy. |
| – March 29, 1964 | The Judy Garland Show | CBS | Garland's only regular series. Canceled after one season and 26 episodes. Garland and the series were Emmy-nominated. |
| Judy and Liza at the London Palladium | ITV | Broadcast of the November 1964 appearance with Liza Minnelli. |
| The Merv Griffin Show | CBS | - |
| Sunday Night at the London Palladium | ITV | |
