Elly Annie Schneider was an actress

Actor

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 who played one of the Munchkin

Munchkin

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 villagers in The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

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(1939).

Born in Stolpen

Stolpen

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, Germany

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, she moved to the United States

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 in 1925 to join three siblings who were also little people. She was 39 inches (99 cm) tall and weighed 46 pounds (21 kg).

The four siblings-Harry, Gracie, Daisy and Tiny-were among the little people who welcomed Dorothy to Munchkinland in a 10-minute scene in The Wizard of Oz. They also appeared in Sailors, Beware, a 1927 Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy

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 short, and the cult classic

Cult Classic

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 Freaks

Freaks

Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs"...

, in 1932, and performed with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus and the Christiana Brothers Circus.

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