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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 ...
Jerry Maren was one of 124 Lollipop Guild characters from the iconic 1939 movie, 'The Wizard of Oz.' Last 'Wizard of Oz' munchkin Jerry Maren dead at 98 Skip to main content
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.
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. [1]
Under the Rainbow is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, and Billy Barty. [2] Set in 1938, the film's plot is loosely based on the gathering of little people in a Hollywood hotel to audition for roles as Munchkins in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
In 2007, all 124 Munchkin actors in Oz were honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [13] For Gerlich this was a posthumous honor. Seven surviving Munchkin actors attended the ceremony, including Mickey Carroll, Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini, Meinhardt Raabe, Karl Slover and Clarence Swensen. [14]
Image credits: anon We asked parenting blogger Samantha for her thoughts on how parents can create a relationship of trust and honesty with their munchkins. She explained that there needs to be a ...
Houghton died on December 15, 2016, in Hoodsport, Washington, at the age of 102. He outlived all the major Oz cast, the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen, and all but one of the major Munchkin actors (Jerry Maren was the only adult munchkin who outlived Houghton).