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 …

Jun 2, 2019 · The green makeup used for Margaret Hamilton's costume was so toxic that she was on a strict liquid diet while filming.

The Soldier with the Green Whiskers is Oz's one-man army. He appears in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and many of the sequel books. He is portrayed as having a very long green …

Given the teleshowings of THE WIZARD OF OZ that began in the 1950s, Jerry’s “Lollipop” fame began to catch up with him. By the late 1970s, he was invited to participate in panel …

Jun 6, 2018 · Actor Jerry Maren, the green-clad tough guy of the Lollipop Guild who famously handed Dorothy (Judy Garland) a giant lollipop in the 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz,” …

Jun 7, 2018 · LOS ANGELES — 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 …

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. Maren portrayed one of the 124 members of the …

Jun 6, 2018 · Jerry Maren, the oldest living actor to portray a Munchkin in the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, has died. He was 98 years old. Maren wasn’t just any Munchkin.

Jul 11, 2018 · When the last lingering Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz,” Jerry Maren, died in May, at the age of ninety-eight, I took the news harder than I had thought possible.

Sep 19, 2024 · A sinister Wizard of Oz urban legend claims a hanging munchkin can be seen, with the body belonging to a real actor on set. Here's the myth debunked.