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As fans of the film come to grips with Betty's death, FEMAIL went ahead and recapped everything that came of the rest of the Wizard of Oz stars - including Judy Gardlands' devastating fall from grace.
A list of 31 actors and directors who appeared in The Wizard of Oz or its sequels and prequels and died after 1970. See their names, photos, causes of death and other details on IMDb.
- True: The Makeup Made Actors Sick
- False: An Actor Who Played A Munchkin Hanged Himself on Set
- True: Someone Stepped on Toto
- Probably False: Judy Garland Was Molested by Actors Playing Munchkins
Buddy Ebsen was originally cast in the role of the Tin Woodman, a.k.a. the Tin Man, but he was essentially poisoned by the makeup, which was made of pure aluminum dust. Nine days after filming started he was hospitalized, sitting under an oxygen tent. When he was not getting better fast enough, the filmmakers hired Jack Haley to be the Tin Man inst...
In a scene where Dorothy, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), and the Tin Man (Jack Haley) are skipping down the Yellow Brick Road, singing “we’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz,” some think the dark, moving figure hanging from a tree in the background is an actor who hanged himself on set. More likely, it’s one of the exotic birds that ...
An actor playing one of the Wicked Witch of the West’s soldiers accidentally jumped on top of Dorothy’s Toto, Carl Spitz, the dog trainer on set, told Harmetz. The dog (a female Cairn terrier named Terry) sprained its foot, and Spitz had to get a canine double. Terry did recover and returned to the set a few weeks later.
In a memoir by Judy Garland’s third husband, Sid Luft, published posthumously in 2017, he writes that, after bar-hopping in Culver City, the actors who played the munchkins “would make Judy’s life miserable by putting their hands under her dress.” Harmetz says it’s true that the actors would go drinking near the Culver City hotel where they stayed,...
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Jul 31, 2023 · Bruno was one of the last surviving munchkins from the 1939 classic film and a former journalist for KTVU in San Francisco. She also wrote a memoir, taught hula dancing and won three Emmy Awards.
Aug 1, 2023 · Published Aug. 1, 2023. Updated Aug. 1, 2023, 10:29 a.m. ET. Betty Ann Bruno, a former child actress who played a munchkin in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" before becoming a successful...
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