Valerie Lee, who appeared in Our Gang comedy shorts and as one of the child Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, has died. She was 94.
Lee died Sunday in Reseda, Stephen Cox, author of the 1996 book The Munchkins of Oz, announced.
Born Valerie Shepard in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 1931, Lee was one of a dozen youngsters hired mostly from the Bud Murray Dance School in L.A. to play Munchkin villagers in the 1939 masterpiece, and she celebrated her seventh birthday on the MGM lot in Culver City.
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In her film debut, Lee sported blond Shirley Temple spit curls and a pink and lavender dress and hat and danced alongside Munchkins young and old as they led Judy Garland’s Dorothy out of Munchkinland.
Some fans referred to her and the other children who appeared in the
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