Jerry Maren, Lollipop Guild Munchkin from the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz,” turned 90 Jan. 24. Maren, born Gerard Marghengi in Boston, has been in entertainment throughout his life and has played many roles, including popular characters Hamburgler, Mayor McCheese, Buster Brown, and Little Oscar for the Oscar Meyer Co.
He has been a guest of Oz-Stravaganza for many years and has agreed to attend the 2010 event, which will be held in Chittenango June 4 through 6.
Maren’s biography “Short and Sweet, The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin,” is a memoir of his remarkable life and career. Maren and his wife Elizabeth live in California and travel throughout the country attending Oz events.
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