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Betty Ann Bruno, a former child actress who played a munchkin in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" before becoming a successful investigative reporter, has passed away at 91 years old.
When the last lingering Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz,” Jerry Maren, died in May, at the age of ninety-eight, I took the news harder than I had thought possible. “People come and go so ...
Ruth Robinson Duccini, who played a Munchkin in the beloved 1939 musical fantasy The Wizard of Oz, died Thursday in Las Vegas, the Los Angeles Times reports. She was 95. "Ruth was a sweetheart of ...
For almost as long as the movie has existed â nearly a century since The Wizard of Oz hit theaters in 1939 â rumors persist that the silhouette of a dead munchkin actor hanging from a ...
Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin from the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and the one who memorably welcomed Dorothy to Munchkinland, died May 24 at a San Diego nursing home. He was 98.
One allegedly came on set armed with two loaded pistols to threaten a fellow Munchkin for making eyes at his wife. Wizard of Oz make-up artist Jack Dawn said: “You had to watch them all the time.” ...
The Yellow Brick Road finally ended on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday as the Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" got their star after a 68-year wait. By Reuters, The Associated Press The ...
However, Slater looks much different from how Munchkins looked in The Wizard of Oz. After seeing Ethan Slater portray a Munchkin in Wicked, some fans who have only seen The Wizard of Oz may be ...
Margaret Pellegrini, one of the three surviving original Munchkins from the legendary 1939 MGM film "The Wizard of Oz," died early Wednesday in an assisted living care center near Phoenix ...
Mary Ellen St. Aubin, whose husband Parnell appeared as a Munchkin in the 1939 film ?The Wizard of Oz? was presented with an award plaque in June at the 2018 Michigan Wizard of Oz Festival.
LAS VEGAS | Ruth Robinson Duccini, 95, one of the two surviving Munchkins from the legendary 1939 MGM film "The Wizard of Oz," died early Thursday in Las Vegas. Author of the book "The Munchkins ...