Elaine Merk Binder, One of the Last Surviving Munchkins from ‘The Wizard of Oz’, Dies at 94
- Posted on September 21, 2025
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Elaine Merk Binder, One of the Last Surviving Munchkins from ‘The Wizard of Oz’, Dies at 94
Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving actors who played a Munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has died, according to her daughter Annette Phillips. She was 94. Binder auditioned for “The Wizard of Oz” in 1938 and was selected as one of the eight children who would dance and sing …
