Which actress famously said 'There's no place like home' in The Wizard of Oz?

The actress who famously said “There’s no place like home” in The Wizard of Oz was Judy Garland.

Garland played Dorothy Gale, the Kansas farm girl swept into the magical land of Oz with her dog, Toto. Near the film’s ending, Glinda explains that Dorothy has always possessed the power to return home by using the ruby slippers. Dorothy clicks her heels and repeats the familiar phrase before awakening in Kansas.

The line is spoken by Dorothy, so Judy Garland is the correct actress. Clara Blandick played Aunt Em, Billie Burke played Glinda, and Margaret Hamilton played the Wicked Witch of the West; none of those characters delivers the famous closing line.

Released by MGM in 1939, The Wizard of Oz was adapted from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Garland’s performance, especially her singing of “Over the Rainbow,” helped make Dorothy one of cinema’s most recognizable characters. The quotation is often shortened in everyday speech, but the film connects it directly to Dorothy’s longing for Kansas and her family.