Jerry Maren

Gerald Marenghi known as Jerry Maren, is an American actor and is the last surviving Munchkin of the classic 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz, in which he portrayed a member of the Lollipop Guild. He became the last survivor of the Munchkin cast following the death of fellow Munchkin Ruth Duccini on January 16, 2014.

Gerald Marenghi, eventually known as Jerry Maren, was born on January 24, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts. In The Wizard of Oz, he played the greengarbed member of the Lollipop Guild , handing a lollipop to Dorothy Gale . Maren was eighteen years of age when he shot his scenes for the The Wizard of Oz in the latter part of 1938 and early 1939. At that time he stood just three feet six inches . He was especially chosen to be the central figure in the male Munchkin trio, and this afforded him the distinct privilege of handing the complimentary sweet to Dorothy. It was because of his unique abilities to sing and dance well that he was selected for the role heretofore mentioned. The reason behind his talents for performing stemmed from a persona he had built up years earlier as a thirteenyearold during school vacations. He began attending lessons for singing and dancing in his early teens and enjoyed them so much that he opted to band together with his teacher in order to create an act known

Source: Wikipedia