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 ...

Elaine Merk Binder, who famously played one of the munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz," is dead. Elaine died Sunday ... according to her daughter, Annette Phillips. The cause of death is unclear. Most of ...

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 ...

Mickey Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 beloved film "The Wizard of Oz," died Thursday. He was 89. Carroll was one of more than 100 adults and children who were recruited to ...

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 For Oz, which experienced a deficit of ...

Actress Elaine Merk Binder has died aged 94. The Wizard of Oz star, who played a Munchkin as a child in the iconic 1939 film, died on Sunday, as confirmed by her daughter Annette Phillips. In 1938, ...

VALPARAISO | When Hollywood movie theater owner Ted Bulthaup considered Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, he assumed the Munchkins from the original "Wizard of Oz" already had one dedicated to them. "I ...

This year's 26th Annual Wizard of Oz Festival this weekend in Porter County will be missing a few of our favorite familiar faces. Illness and advanced age is preventing a few of the more popular ...

Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving actors who played a Munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has died, according to her daughter Annette Phillips. She was 94. Binder auditioned ...