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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.
Jun 6, 2018 · LOS ANGELES — Jerry Maren, who danced into pop culture in 1939 as the tartan-costumed, candy-toting Munchkin leader of the Lollipop Guild in “The Wizard of Oz, ” a role that overshadowed a...
Jerry Maren was a versatile performer who appeared in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as a Munchkin, House (1985) as a Little Critter, and Dirty Harry (1971) as a stuntman. He was the last surviving actor to have played a Munchkin in the classic film and died in 2018 at age 98.
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Jun 6, 2018 · Maren died of cardiopulmonary failure in May 2018, according to his family and a medical examiner. He was the munchkin who handed Dorothy a lollipop in the 1939 classic and appeared in over 100 movies and TV shows.
Jun 6, 2018 · Jerry Maren, the last surviving actor to play a Munchkin in the original Wizard of Oz film, has died in California at the age of 98.
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Jerry Maren was a little person actor who played a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and other films. He also did commercials, wrestling and stand-in work for child actors.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" and the one who famously welcomed Dorothy to Munchkin Land, has died at age 99.
