Betty Ann Bruno ✝

Betty Ann Cain was born on October 1, 1931 in Wahiawa, Hawaii, but grew up in Hollywood, California. As a child, she appeared in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as one of the munchkins. Before that she had a bit role in John Ford's 1937 film The Hurricane. Her work in television won her three Emmy Awards. In 2020, she published her autobiography, titled The Munchkin Diary: My Personal Yellow Brick Road. Bruno lived in California, was married to Craig Scheiner, a former KTVU photographer, and had three sons. She was a Stanford graduate and was reported in media as one of the few surviving cast members from The Wizard of Oz.