Garland, who died in 1969 at age 47, starred in the 1939 classic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Dorothy opposite Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.

Judy Garland's daughter, Lorna Luft, praises the Wicked movie in a lengthy review that highlights the performances, direction, and production design.

Luft, who once played the Wicked Witch of the West herself onstage, calls the Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo movie "epic, brilliant, touching and honest"

Wicked, tells backstory of the witches of Oz — as in The Wizard of Oz — and the daughter of the star of the original movie, Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft, has seen the movie adaption of the famous Broadway play,