Ruth Duccini
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Ruth Duccini is an American
actress and one of the last three surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
, the other two being Jerry Maren
and Margaret Williams Pellegrini
. Her role in the film as a Munchkin villager was uncredited. Her most recent appearance was when she (along with the other surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz
) was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
.
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actress and one of the last three surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
, the other two being Jerry Maren
Jerry Maren
Jerry Maren is an American actor and one of only three confirmed surviving dwarf munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The other two surviving munchkin cast members are Margaret Williams Pellegrini and Ruth Robinson Duccini, making Maren the last surviving male Munchkin from the...
and Margaret Williams Pellegrini
Margaret Pellegrini
Margaret Pellegrini is an American actress and one of three surviving munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz., the other two being Jerry Maren and Ruth Robinson Duccini. She was born as Margaret Williams in Tuscumbia, Alabama...
. Her role in the film as a Munchkin villager was uncredited. Her most recent appearance was when she (along with the other surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
) was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
.