TORONTO — Margaret Pellegrini, one of the last surviving actors who played a Munchkin in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, died Wednesday. She was 89.
Spokesperson Ted Bulthaup said the actress suffered a stroke on Monday at home in Arizona.
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Pellegrini was a teenager when she played the Flower Pot Munchkin who greets Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, in Oz.
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She and the others were paid $50 a week to appear in the movie.
Two actors who played Munchkins remain: Jerry Maren, 93, and Ruth Duccini, 95.
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