Her place in film history was secured when she famously sang'Somewhere over the Rainbow' in'The Wizard of Oz'. Now, fans of Judy Garland can continue to listen to her voice from beyond the grave, as part of a new deal to narrate audiobooks using artificial intelligence. ElevenLabs, a London-based business launched by two Polish entrepreneurs, said it had reached deals with the estates of Ms Garland and Sir Laurence Olivier to clone their voices. Users who download an app will then be able to pick celebrities – including those who are no longer alive – to narrate their favourite books, articles and even PDFs. 'It's exciting to see our mother's voice available to the countless millions of people who love her,' said Liza Minnelli, Ms Garland's daughter and representative of her estate. Her place in film history was secured when she famously sang'Somewhere over the Rainbow' in the 1939 film'The Wizard of Oz' (pictured).

A heartless tin man, a pair of dazzling red shoes and the yellow brick road all helped the 1939 musical masterpiece The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, the most influential movie of all time. Famous for the munchkins, its early use of colour, and timeless songs such as Over The Rainbow, the movie came top out of almost 47,000 films. It took the crown and cult classics Star Wars and Psycho came in second and third, respectively. Researchers at the University of Turin in Italy calculated an'influence score' for films listed in the internet movie database (IMDb). Each movie was placed in order according to how often it was referenced by a later film. The results showed that the top 20 most influential films were all produced before 1980, mostly in the US.