- Romola Remus
infobox actress
birthdate=birth date|1900|4|7
deathdate=death date and age|1987|2|17|1900|4|7
occupation=Stage,film actress Romola Remus (later Dunlap) (April 7, 1900 – February 17, 1987) portrayed
Dorothy Gale in themultimedia stage/film production, "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays ", in which she worked directly withauthor L. Frank Baum . She was the first ever to play the role on film, though not the first to play it on stage. She was, however, the first child ever to play the role, at age 8. She elected not to move toHollywood because of family and church inChicago . There, she taughtviolin lessons.She appeared in the 1985 documentary, "
The Whimsical World of Oz ".External links
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