Behind The Scenes Secrets: The Wizard Of Oz

Auntie Em – Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick was the actress who played Auntie Em in the Wizard of Oz. While the role was relatively small, it was certainly an important one and represented idealized happiness and home within the film particularly for the main character Dorothy. However, in reallifeClara did not have happiness like the character in the film did. After her health began to fail in the 1950s, she especially dealt with her sight failing and from severe arthritis, and her happiness also began to dwindle. After attending church on April 15, 1962, she went home and rearranged her room.

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