![]() Unfortunately, Bruno and the other Munchkins were reportedly given short shrift on set with the Hawaiian describing: “We were always in the background. There was no Disneyland then, so to walk out onto the set and see those bright colors was like being transported to heaven.” From left to right: Munchkins Betty Ann Bruno, 77, Priscilla Clark, 79, and Ardith Todd, 78, pose in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in 2008. “When we walked onto the set, I had the same reaction that Dorothy has in the movie,” said Bruno while describing the start of her three-week gig.Īt the time, “It was the Depression. She made her big screen debut as an uncredited extra in John Ford’s 1937 film “The Hurricane.”īruno hit the “big time” (figuratively speaking) after she was cast in Victor Fleming’s iconic film “Wizard of Oz,” in which she portrayed a Munchkin alongside 12 other children of average height as well as 100 adult little people. Courtesy Everett Collectionīorn Betty Ann Ka’ihilani on October 1, 1931, in Wahiawa, Hawaii, the ex-thespian grew up in Los Angeles across the street from the 20th Century Fox studio lot, Deadline reported. Betty Ann Bruno peeks over Judy Garland’s shoulder in this photograph from the set of “The Wizard of Oz.” Everett Collection Judy Garland in the “Wizard of Oz” (1939). I am devastated,” Sheiner lamented in the Facebook post. ![]() “I said, ‘Wait a minute, I’m a munchkin and I’m still alive!'” she told The Post after hearing the news.īruno’s husband Craig Sheiner confirmed the star’s passing this week in a Facebook post, writing: “I am so sorry to have to tell you Betty Ann’s heart left us today.”Īccording to the post, she had just finished dancing the hula at an event in her hometown of Sonoma, California, whereupon she “developed a sudden, splitting headache.” Bruno’s husband subsequently drove her to the hospital, where she made it to the front desk before collapsing on the floor with a “massive heart attack,” per the statement. In fact, Bruno balked after fellow actor Jerry Maren passed away at age 98 in 2018 - and the media reported that the the world lost its “last living ‘Wizard of Oz’ munchkin” (he was the last munchkin played by a little person). The 5-foot-2-inch California resident was reportedly one of the last living actors to portray one of the diminutive lollipop-licking inhabitants of the fictitious realm of Munchkinland that Dorothy (Judy Garland) visits after arriving in Oz. ‘Mamma Mia!’ and ‘Wicked’ star dead at 40īetty Ann Bruno, a former child actress who played a munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard Of Oz before becoming a successful investigative reporter, has died. Two-time Emmy-winning ‘This Is Us’ actor dead at 66 Influencer, 23, dies in horrific motorcycle crash weeks before wedding
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