August Clarence Swenson

Saturday, 29th December 1917 - Wednesday, 25th February 2009
Austin, TX
USA


Clarence Swensen (91) - who played a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Swensen regularly attended Wizard of Oz festivals and was among seven surviving Munchkin actors who were present when the group received a collective star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2005 and died in Pflugerville, Texas on February 25, 2009.
~Life in Legacy
Terror of Tiny Town
Preacher
1938
Wizard of Oz
Soldier
1939