Betty Ann Bruno, a former child actress who played a munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard Of Oz before becoming a successful investigative reporter, has died. She was 91 years old. The 5-…
According to the post, she had just finished dancing the hula at an event in her hometown of Sonoma, California, whereupon she “developed a sudden, splitting headache.” Bruno’s husband subsequently drove her to the hospital, where she made it to the front desk before collapsing on the floor with a “massive heart attack,” per the statement.Betty Ann Bruno peeks over Judy Garland’s shoulder in this photograph from the set of “The Wizard of Oz.
At the time, “It was the Depression. There was no Disneyland then, so to walk out onto the set and see those bright colors was like being transported to heaven.” Each time, Garland would tell her fan that she didn’t have any photos but to come back the next day. Eventually, she had to settle for an autograph without the picture.
After leaving Hollywood behind, Bruno eventually became a political talk show producer before joining KTVU in 1971 as an investigative journalist, reporting on political and social issues,The journo was perhaps most noteworthy for her five-part series on local prostitution problems as well as her coverage of the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, a disaster in which she lost her own home.
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