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Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. He became the last surviving adult Munchkin [ a ] following the death of Ruth Duccini in 2014, and was also the last surviving cast member with a ...
Several of them outlived all the major cast, as well as the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen. Jerry Maren, who played the green "Lollipop Guild" member, was the last living adult Munchkin actor. Maren was the only Munchkin alive when the film's longest living cast member, Shep Houghton, an extra, died in 2016.
1938–2013. Spouse. Willie Pellegrini. Children. 2. Margaret Pellegrini (née Williams; September 23, 1923 – August 7, 2013) was an American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer, best known for playing one of the Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.[1][2] Until her death in 2013, she was one of the three surviving munchkins ...
Meinhardt Frank Raabe (/ ˈmaɪnˌhɑːrt ˈrɑːbi /; September 2, 1915 – April 9, 2010) was an American actor. [1][2] He was one of the last surviving Munchkin -actors in The Wizard of Oz, and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film. He portrayed the coroner who certified the death of the Wicked Witch of the East.
The Munchkin is a breed of cat characterized by its very short legs, which are caused by genetic mutation. Compared to many other cat breeds, it is a relatively new breed, documented since 1940s [1] and officially recognized in 1991. [2] The Munchkin is considered to be the original breed of dwarf cat. Much controversy erupted over the breed ...
While those with only one copy of the gene, show the deformity. 6. Breeders won’t mate two munchkins together. Two munchkin cats. Due to the ‘lethal gene’, no two munchkins are mated ...
May 7, 2009. (2009-05-07) (aged 89) Crestwood, Missouri, U.S. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1936–1939; 2007. Mickey Carroll (born Michael Finocchiaro; July 8, 1919 – May 7, 2009) was an American actor who worked in radio and film, and was one of the last surviving actors who portrayed a Munchkin in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
From left: Jerry Maren (Lollipop Guild), Karl Slover, Clarence Swensen and Margaret Pellegrini (1998) Karl Slover (September 21, 1918 – November 15, 2011) was a Slovakian-born American actor best known as one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Only three other adult Munchkin performers remained alive at the time of Slover's death.