In 1955, Judy Garland gathered a camera crew to accept the Oscar she “deserved”. She didn’t win

Judy Garland was widely expected to win Best Actress for *A Star Is Born* at the 1955 Academy Awards, but Grace Kelly won instead. Garland was recovering in hospital after giving birth and had arranged for a camera crew to film her anticipated acceptance speech, turning the result into a painful public disappointment.

The article notes that Garland had received a juvenile honorary Oscar in 1939, but later nominations were in the main categories. At the 27th Academy Awards, the assembled reporters left without recording a speech after Kelly was announced as the winner. Garland said she deserved the award, while her husband tried to console her by pointing to their newborn son.