Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft expressed appreciation for the cast of Wicked during the Red Diamond 95th Anniversary Gala at The Pierre Hotel in New York City on November 20.Garland played the character of Dorothy Gale in 1939's Wizard of Oz film. Luft, while talking about the film with E! Online, said,"I am so pleased for everyone on Wicked. Jon Chu is amazing. Cynthia (Erivo) and Ariana (Grande) and everybody in that film, they're a separate entity, OK? And they have their own story and their own visit with Oz."She continued,"But I think they will agree with me. Jeff (Goldblum) and Michelle (Yeoh) and everyone affected by going to Oz and joining the Oz family is quite remarkable."Lorna Luft recalls seeing her mom, Judy Garland, for the first time in The Wizard of OzLorna Luft, while showering praise on the cast of Wicked: Part Two, thanked L. Frank Baum for writing The Wizard of Oz books."I think that we all have one person to thank and that's L. Frank Baum for writing the books.""The Wizard Of Oz At Sphere" Premiere - Source: GettyLuft also recalled the first time she saw her mother as Dorothy in the 1939 film and said,"I remember that when I first saw it was quite small. I didn't see it on a color TV, so I didn't quite (understand), but I understood those monkeys, and I got hysterical. My mom was in New York, and she called and she got a hysterical child on the phone saying, "The monkeys took you to New York, and she said, "I'm never letting the children see that movie without me ever again."The Wicked films were adapted from the hit Broadway musical and follow the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West.What did Lorna Luft say about Wicked: Part 1?While speaking to People Magazine in April 2025, Luft said that her mother would have loved the Wicked film. Garland spoke to People Magazine on the opening night of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends on Broadway on April 8. When asked what songs Garland thinks her mother would have loved the most, Luft said,"I have no idea. But she would've loved it."Luft's mother, Judy Garland, died in 1969 and starred in the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. The late actress became an American cultural icon and won a Golden Globe for her 1954 performance in A Star Is Born.Garland birthed three children: Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft. Garland shared Minelli with her second husband, Vincente Minnelli, and Luft with her third husband, producer and businessman Sidney Luft.