About Olga C. Nardone
Lived 1921 – 2010 (aged 89). Olga C. Nardone was an American actor and film actor.
Olga Nida Carmena Nardone (June 8, 1921 – September 24, 2010) was an American actress and one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which she played a member of the Lullaby League. She was known as "Little Olga" and "Princess Olga" and was one of the smallest of the Wizard of Oz Munchkins, standing at just 3 feet 4 inches (101.6 cm) tall.
Biography Olga Nida Carmena Nardone was born in Newton, Massachusetts on June 8, 1921, to Louise M. and Leonardo B. Nardone. She danced in vaudeville under the stage name "Tiny Olga" as a duo with her dancing teacher's brother. In 1938, when Olga was 17, her agent convinced her and her sister to audition for The Wizard of Oz. In the film, she plays one of the "Lullaby League" dancers and one of the "Sleepyhead" Munchkins who are seen waking up in a bird's nest.
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Who was Olga C. Nardone?
American actress (1921-2010)
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Olga C. Nardone was born on 8 June 1921 in Newton.
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Olga C. Nardone died on 24 September 2010 in Nonantum.
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Olga C. Nardone was an actor and film actor.
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Olga C. Nardone was American.
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