Jerry Maren (January 24, 1920 - ) is an actor, a short one. He acted in The Wizard of Oz. He played a member of the Lollipop Guild. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Ironically, on February 12, 1939, Victor Fleming again replaced George Cukor in directing Gone with the Wind. ...
Maren, you were in "Under the Rainbow." What was it like on the set of that film, and how did what "Under the Rainbow" depict compare to what really happened on "Wizard of Oz?"
Later at the panel discussion Jerry spoke about the third member of the Lollipop Guild: Billy Curtis.
Maren played the announcer at the recreation of the "Gunsmoke " radio show on Saturday afternoon.
JerryMaren, a member of the Lollipop Guild trio, will always be remembered as the munchkin who presented the enormous lollipop to Judy Garland as she was welcomed to Munchkinland in the MGM 1939 classic
Maren's career has taken many strange curves since the curves of the Yellow Brick Road: During the War, Maren and a fellow munchkin teamed up for vaudevillian plays with USO Hospital Unit #14.
Maren, a member of the Hollywood chapter of Little People of America (LPA) saw a picture of Elizabeth, asked for her address, wrote her a letter, then waited by the mailbox everyday for an answer.