Carroll was one of more than 100 adults and children who were recruited to play the movie natives of what author L. Frank Baum called Munchkin Country in his 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." P ...

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. Maren died May ...

We’re off to see … HR! New details have emerged about the chaos that occurred backstage during the making of the 1939 classic ...

Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the timeless film, the wonderful "Wizard of Oz" skips into town Sunday in its live stage format -- and with local Munchkins. "It's just a fantastic celebration ...

DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, September 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Elaine Merk Binder, remembered as one of the last surviving Munchkins from the beloved 1939 ...

At age 15 she went off to see the wizard. Now more than 70 years later, Margaret Pellegrini — an original munchkin from Munchkinland — still doesn't get tired of the story of Dorothy and ...

If you love Cynthia and Ariana’s Wicked, and your Oz obsession isn’t over, then you now have a brand-new Wizard of Oz project ...

One of only three surviving actors with personal memories of making 'The Wizard of Oz,' 95- year-old Priscilla Montgomery Clark recounts her role as a Munchkin Jeanette Fern, Rae-Nell Laskey, ...

ST. LOUIS — One of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 classic film “The Wizard of Oz” has died. St. Louis actor Mickey Carroll died Thursday at the age of 89. His caretaker, Linda Dodge, made ...

A female Munchkin who appeared in The Wizard of Oz has died, aged 95. Ruth Robinson Duccini passed away of natural cases today (January 17) at a Las Vegas hospice center. There is now one surviving ...

City Springs Theatre’s “The Wizard of Oz” re-creates the 1939 classic film as faithfully as possible with fun performances, ...