Jerry Maren

Jerry Maren was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. He became the last surviving adult Munchkin following the death of Ruth Duccini in 2014.

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Profession :

Movie Actor

Birthday :

January 24, 1920

Death Date:

June 06, 2018

Age :

98

Jerry Maren (1920-2018) was an American actor renowned for his role as a member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz. He also had other significant roles, such as portraying a Sasquatch in The Wild Women of Wongo and appearing as Buster Brown in television commercials. Maren co-founded the organization Little People of America and continued to act well into his later years, making a cameo appearance in the film “The Terror of Tiny Town” at 98 years old. As an outspoken advocate for little people, Maren holds the distinction of being the last surviving adult Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz.